Nic Broes hits 121 for Bathurst in crucial under 19s win over Orange

Thanks to the bat of Nic Broes the final is coming to Bathurst.

Broes arrived at the crease with Bathurst on 2-31 and started hitting Orange's bowlers across Riawena Oval in a knock of 121.

The Bathurst number four smashed 17 boundaries as his side made it to 8-263, but Orange's batsmen made the visitors work overtime for victory.

Orange piled on partnership after partnership to reach 4-204 before Bathurst's Jack Goodsell (3-25) and Broes (3-42) took down the tail.

Orange were all out for 250 with seven balls remaining.

Bathurst coach Shane Broes and his team got exactly what they were after - a home final - but know they need to step up with bat and ball to repeat Sunday's result.

"We probably didn't bowl as well as what we would have liked. It wasn't a pitch for fast bowlers, it was suited more to spinners, but we learned some good lessons out of the game that we will take into the grand final," Broes said.

"We lost our way with the batting too. Even though we got over 260 we could have scored more than 300 but we lost a cluster of wickets in the middle order.

"That's something that we will try and rectify for next game."

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Ben Mitchell (38), Goodsell (28) and captain Connor Slattery (27) all made contributions alongside Broes to help keep Bathurst's total ticking over after patches of quick wickets.

Orange's opening five batsmen all made starts, and did so quickly, led by Max Powell (56) and Bailey Ferguson (49).

However, the home side lost 5-24 after their lower order was undone by Goodsell and Broes.

Slattery was the other multiple wicket taker with 2-43 from 10 overs while Mitchell took 1-32.

Broes now has 25 wickets from 11 representative Mitchell matches this season at an average of 10.2.

Bathurst are looking for revenge after a washout gave Orange the title last season.

The grand final will take place this Sunday, with the venue still to be decided.