Our Marsh Cup team of the tournament

1. Aaron Finch (Victoria)

M: 6 | Runs: 409 | Ave: 81.80 | SR: 96.69 | HS: 188no | 100s: 2 | 50s: 0

Australia’s one-day skipper was at his destructive best during the Marsh Cup, providing one of the highlights of the tournament against Queensland in Melbourne. Needing 305 to win, Victoria cruised home with more than five overs to spare as Finch hammered an unbeaten 188, a state record score that included 14 sixes, the second-most ever struck in an innings in the competition. He added another century against South Australia and finished with the second-highest average of the tournament.

2. Daniel Hughes (NSW Blues)

M: 7 | Runs: 440 | Ave: 73.33 | SR: 95.86 | HS: 152 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 1

The underrated NSW left-hander is quietly building a highly-impressive one-day record and his career average of 57.34 is the third-highest in the history of the competition. He built on that this summer, the highlight being a brilliant 152 against an international-quality Western Australia side to steer his NSW Blues to an unlikely win. In a young side that was without their best players for most of the tournament, Hughes led the way and finished the regular season with a tournament high of 440 runs.

3. Usman Khawaja (Queensland) (c)

M: 5 | Runs: 372 | Ave: 93.00 | SR: 83.59 | HS: 138 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 1

It’s been a summer to forget on the international front so far for Usman Khawaja, but he’s been all class in leading the Bulls into another one-day final. He scored two centuries in three days against an impressive Victorian bowling attack in Melbourne, but arguably his best innings came against Tasmania last week. With the Bulls in a bit of trouble at 5-137 chasing 224 to win a low-scoring game, Khawaja expertly steered his side home, posting a patient 88 not out to secure hosting rights for Tuesday's decider.

4. Callum Ferguson (South Australia)

M: 7 | Runs: 403 | Ave: 57.57 | SR: 92.00 | HS: 127 | 100s: 2 | 50s: 1

Last week, the veteran scored the 10th and 11th centuries of his career in Australian domestic one-day cricket, putting him third all-time and confirming his status as a great of South Australian cricket. After a slow start, Ferguson found his form with scores of 91, 127 and 122 to finish the season, moving past Darren Lehmann’s mark for the most runs for the Redbacks in one-day cricket. His score of 127 in a total of 246 against Western Australia was one of the performances of the competition, even though the Redbacks narrowly fell short of victory. He normally opens the batting, but we’re backing him to bat at No.4 in this side so we can squeeze in all the top-order talent that have fired in this tournament.

5. Marnus Labuschagne (Queensland)

M: 6 | Runs: 364 | Ave: 60.66 | SR: 100.55 | HS: 135 | 100s: 1 | 50s: 2

He’s batting lower in this team than his preferred No.3 position, but the right-hander just had to be squeezed into the side after another impressive one-day campaign for the Bulls. The highlight of Labuschagne’s tournament was undoubtedly his 135 against South Australia when he rescued the Bulls from a perilous 4-24 to what would have been a match-winning total if not for Adam Zampa’s unexpected late batting heroics. Regarded as a classical batsman rather than an inventive player who can ramp and reverse sweep his way through an innings, Labuschagne was nonetheless one of just two of the top-15 run-scorers to score at better at a run-a-ball during the tournament.

6. Alex Carey (South Australia) (wk)

M: 7 | Runs: 279 | Ave: 46.50 | SR: 97.89 | HS: 80no | 100s: 0 | 50s: 3 | Ct: 7

After his World Cup heroics, there was plenty of expectation on South Australia’s gloveman and Carey delivered another solid campaign with the bat. The left-hander posted three fifties and just two failures in the tournament at a strike rate approaching 100, the highlight being his 52-ball 80 against Tasmania – featuring 13 fours and a six – to guide his side to victory with more than 11 overs remaining.

7. Marcus Stoinis (Western Australia)

M: 7 | Runs: 208 | Ave: 34.66 | SR: 112.43 | HS: 101no | 100s: 1 | 50s: 0

Wkts: 11 | Ave: 23.63 | Econ: 6.19 | BBI: 4-50

On the outer of Australia's limited-overs sides, Stoinis started the Marsh Cup with a bang as he blasted an extraordinary 58-ball unbeaten 101 against his former side Victoria at the WACA. Yet it's been his bowling that's been the more important string on his bow in Western Australia's superb tournament. Stoinis collected nine wickets in WA's final three games to help secure a spot in the final. While his returns with the bat trailed off somewhat following his impressive beginning to the competition, his 11 wickets helped him get the nod over Moises Henriques (310 runs at 44.28, four wickets at 32.35) as the allrounder in our team of the tournament.

8. Nathan Coulter-Nile (Western Australia)

M: 6 | Wkts: 14 | Ave: 19.64 | Econ: 5.39 | BBI: 5-48 | SR: 21.8 | 5wi: 1

The World Cup quick has proved a handful with the new ball, capping a successful home-and-away campaign in WA's final game by ripping through South Australia with a five-wicket haul at Karen Rolton Oval. Finishing as the tournament's leading wicket-taker (which appears certain barring a big haul from Mark Steketee or Stoinis in the final) won't do his hopes of a national recall any harm though Coulter-Nile himself poured cold water on those chances recently.

9. Nathan Ellis (Tasmania)

M: 7 | Wkts: 12 | Ave: 22.58 | Econ: 5.21 | BBI: 5-38 | SR: 26.0 | 5wi: 1

The breakout story of the tournament, Nathan Ellis begun the summer without a professional contract and even considered moving back to Sydney earlier this year after being overlooked by both NSW and Tasmania despite years of strong Premier Cricket performances. The Tigers had taken note however and their decision to blood him in their 50-over side has paid off. Only Coulter-Nile has taken more wickets than the skiddy right-armer, whose standout performance was a maiden five-for to help Tassie upstage his native NSW (fielding a side littered with international talent) at Drummoyne Oval.

10. Jackson Bird (Tasmania)

M: 6 | Wkts: 11 | Ave: 20.54 | Econ: 3.83 | BBI: 6-25 | SR: 32.1 | 5wi: 1

Another NSW-born Tasmanian, Bird has had a wonderful tournament and proved his skills with the ball remain as sharp as ever. The nine-Test quick is the only bowler with more than five wickets in the tournament to have gone at less than four runs per over, having three times bowled his allotted 10 overs for fewer than 30. But he showed he's got the wicket-taking ability to match his economy in Tasmania's final match, running through NSW on a helpful Blundstone Arena track for career-best figures of 6-25 – his first List A after five-wicket haul to add to his 17 in first-class cricket.

11. Wes Agar (South Australia)

M: 5 | Wkts: 11 | Ave: 20.72 | Econ: 5.30 | BBI: 5-40 | SR: 23.4 | 5wi: 2

Possessing pace and a knack for picking up wickets, the younger brother of Ashton has been a real find for the Redbacks this season having bounced around between his native Victoria and South Australia in recent summers. Remarkably, Agar collected all but one of his tournament wicket tally in back-to-back games having taken consecutive five-fors against Queensland and Western Australia. Those hauls see him narrowly edge out Mark Steketee (11 wickets at 22.27, economy rate of 4.38) for the final bowling spot.