A Shane Devoy masterclass helped Tuggeranong cruise to a crushing win against North Canbera-Gungahlin as they set their sights on back to back Gallop Cup titles.
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Devoy took 5-8 and then scored an unbeaten 58 to stay undefeated after easily passing North Canberra-Gungahlin's total of 107.
It followed Devoy's five-wicket haul for the ACT Comets in a Futures League clash at Manuka Oval last week and was the perfect tonic after Tuggeranong missed the Cricket ACT Twenty20 final.
"We're really happy. We've spoke about in the Twenty20s that we might have been distracted by other teams, but we want to focus on us," Devoy said.
"I was pretty happy with how the ball came out for me, but we also had three runouts so we must be doing some things right.
"I bowled a lot of overs for the Comets with mixed success and there's no substitute for that."
ACT Meteors captain Erin Osborne was called into the Tuggeranong side for the round-two match, but the former Australian women's player barely had to lift a finger.
Osborne bowled 1.1 overs and took the final North Canberra-Gungahlin wicket, but didn't have to bat as Devoy led the Tuggeranong charge.
Tuggeranong used seven bowlers but just three took wickets after North Canberra-Gungahlin hit the self-destruct button when Esam Rahman, Ross Coates and Sam Richards were run out.
It saw them stumble to a tiny target of 107, which Tuggeranong passed in the 27th over after losing just three wickets.
Osborne and some of her Meteors teammates are spread around the Cricket ACT second-grade competition as they chase match practice before their next WNCL match at the end of November.
"I was a bit of a passenger out there," Osborne laughed.
"They asked if I could go up to first grade this week and whenever I don't have national-league cricket I go back to Tuggeranong.
"Shane Devoy had a great match and I didn't have too much to do, so it was pretty cruisy."
In other games, ANU demolished Queanbeyan by 138 runs at Freebody Oval, Owen Chivers (78) and Ben Mitchell (72) leading the students to a total of 6-253.
Queanbeyan never fired and had just two players - Michael Spaseski (42) and Kel Evans (18) - in double-digit scores before they were bundled out for 115.
Weston Creek Molonglo suffered a blow on the eve of the Twenty20 final when they fell to Ginninderra in a tense battle at Stirling.
The Creek made 9-178 but were passed in the closing overs when Angus Lelievre (30 not out) and Luke Ryan (15 not out) withstood a late fightback to seal a two-wicket win.
Western Districts chased down Eastlake's 193 with four wickets in hand thanks to Callum Taylor (56 not out) and Tom Engelbrecht (38), while Adam Tett made 63 in a losing effort.
Weston Creek Molonglo will play against Wests-UC in the Twenty20 final at Manuka Oval under lights on Sunday.
