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With 11 overs remaining in their Western Premier League (WPL) semi-final against Bathurst, a final appeared a long way off for Parkes.
Attempting to defend 62 runs against a home side with eight wickets remaining, most pundits would have felt Parkes' title hopes were over.
But, the team did not give up and what came next captain Anthony Heraghty described as the best district cricket moment he had been a part of.
Parkes claimed the remaining wickets with six runs to spare and stormed into this Sunday's grand final against Dubbo.
While Parkes had to fight tooth and nail to win their semi-final, Dubbo enjoyed a cake-walk win over Blue Mountains.
Despite going down to Dubbo earlier this season, Parkes captain Anthony Heraghty believes his side is more than capable of bringing the trophy back home.
"We are pretty comfortable playing over there," Heraghty said. "The wickets are nice and flat which will suit our batting techniques.
"Having really good death bowlers like Phil Dunford and Blake Smith should bring the odds back in our favour with a bit of luck.
"Our game plan will be pretty simple. We will look to bat for the full 50 overs and post a reasonable total.
"Our bowlers will try to be full and straight so a field can be set.
"If all goes to plan I'm pretty confident we can come back with the chocolates."
Heraghty said his side need to take the positives from the Bathurst match into tomorrow but did admit his side would have to improve their batting.
"Our first 30 overs with the bat against Bathurst were great," he said.
"We fell away a bit in the later overs which left us about 50 runs short of the total we should have posted but our death bowling was fantastic."
When Dubbo are at the crease, Parkes will be hoping to mount pressure in circle in the first 20 overs.
Dubbo will be hoping to turn the strike over all the time so Parkes will need to be on their game early.
PARKES: Anthony Heraghty (c), Peter Yelland, Vince Umbers, Myles Smith, Luke Clarke, Hayden Sealy, Alex Umbers, Phil Dunford, Brent Tucker, Toby Nash, Blake Smith, Mitch Wheeldon.