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The plot thickens.
SA's remarkable season continues and the Redbacks have sealed a home Shield final berth.
Queensland, NSW, WA and Victoria can still qualify for the game in Adelaide, with all three games next weekend crucial.
WA can put themselves in the box seat if they roll NSW in the next four hours and Joel Paris has already dismissed the dangerous Nic Maddinson in the first over of the Blues' second innings.  

bit of a borefest after day 1
didn't appear to be any urgency or intent from either side
it just petered out to the draw
 

I agree wholeheartedly, Southy, that both teams took a relatively risk-free approach to this game.
Rarely are fewer than 1000 runs (933, to be precise) scored in a Shield match without any rain interruptions and the game finishes in a draw.
Having done the hard yards to seal a home Shield final, I expect SA will subconsciously relax next weekend and Queensland will win outright to clinch a berth in the title decider.
I then expect the Redbacks - clearly the best-performed side this season - to prevail in the final, which will hopefully be played at Adelaide Oval (with the AFL's cooperation) rather than at Karen Rolton Oval. 

Agree, WA just havent had the drive or motivation this year so even if the cards fell their way next weekend, I think they would be easy meat for SA in the final. They have been very inconsistent particularly in their batting with some horrendous collapses amongst some 400+ scores. A poor record at home has been a feature of their season with only one victory out of 4.