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Steve Barrett

WA smash Tasmania, take third straight Sheffield Shield

Cameron Gannon's five wickets helped WA rout Tasmania for a crushing Sheffield Shield final win. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

Powerhouse Western Australia have stamped themselves Australian cricket's premier team of the 2020s after securing their third straight Sheffield Shield with a 377-run dismantling of Tasmania in a lopsided final.

After setting the Tigers a near-impossible target of 537 at tea on day four at the WACA Ground on Sunday, veteran seamer Cameron Gannon (5-23) led a lethal bowling performance for WA, who took 10 wickets in an extended third session to rout the visitors for just 160.

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