Queensland will host next Sunday's ING Cup final after a brisk 97-run partnership between Martin Love and Clinton Perren set up a comfortable five-wicket victory over South Australia at the Adelaide Oval today.

The Bulls will host New South Wales at the Gabba after today's win in the last round robin match saw them overtake the Blues on the Cup table.

Chasing 195 to win, the Bulls started well with an opening partnership of 41 inside nine overs between captain Jimmy Maher (37 from 39 balls) and Brendan Nash (nine).

The Bulls then lost 3-15 in six overs to slump to 3-56 in the 15th over with the game in the balance.

But Love and all-rounder Perren (57 from 83 balls), who also took 1-19 to be named man of the match, guided the Bulls out of danger with a well-paced partnership of 97 from 115 balls for the fourth wicket.

Love was in excellent touch after his first innings 202 in the Pura Cup game against the Redbacks, which the Bulls won outright here yesterday.

He made 64 from 79 balls, including six boundaries and one six, and was particularly severe off the back foot, pulling left-arm paceman Mark Harrity to the boundary several times.

Love and Perren took the Bulls to 3-153 in the 34th over, needing just a further 42 runs at less than three per over, before SA all-rounder Bradley Young struck twice in four balls to give the Redbacks some hope.

Young caught and bowled Love, then trapped James Hopes lbw for a duck three balls later to make it 5-153.

But Perren and Lee Carseldine were able to guide the Bulls to victory without any further trouble with an unbroken partnership of 42 from 42 balls to finish the match in style.

Young's wicket-taking efforts gave him a good all-round match after top-scoring with 56 from 58 balls in a dashing late order innings which helped the Redbacks to a competitive total.

Young came in with the Redbacks struggling at 5-105 in the 32nd over, but guided the Redbacks to 8-194 in their 50 overs, hitting four boundaries and a six before being bowled by Hopes on the second last ball of the innings.

Hopes was the only multiple wicket-taker for the Bulls, with 2-36 in nine overs.

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