Voges hits form

Warriors batsman Adam Voges is hopeful his match-winning century against the Redbacks can kick-start his summer.

Voges was the key player in Western Australia’s five-wicket victory, with the right-hander posting an unbeaten 104 off 119 deliveries in the Ford Ranger Cup clash at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.

It was a welcome change in fortunes for the 29-year-old who has performed below expectations in both forms of the game.

Before making his century, he had scored just 79 runs at an average of 26 in three FRC games while his Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield tally is also modest with 141 runs from six innings.

Voges said it was critical for both him and the team that he had a long stint in the middle.

" It was a good wicket and we just knew that if one of the top six batted through right to the end then we were probably going to be there or there about and personally it’s been a bit of a lean start to the year so I was just happy it was me tonight," he said.

"I think in the last couple trips over here in the most recent seasons we haven’t taken too many points in four-day or one-day cricket so we were very happy with the run chase."

"I was pretty determined to make sure I was there at the end."

The normally dynamic batsman said there hadn't been a dramatic change to his approach despite making just 28 and 0 in the Shield game against the Redbacks last week.

"I don’t think there’s been too much different. I’ve been hitting them well in the nets and just haven’t been converting starts in four-day or one-day cricket."

Voges said his side was always confident they could record a victory against the Redbacks despite the home side accumulating a competitive tally of 6-270 in their innings.

The vice-captain’s 109-run stand with Marcus North steadied the ship while his 99-run partnership with Theo Doropoulos saw them take control of the clash.

Voges and Doropoulos smashed 48 runs off their Powerplay 2 which began in the 39th over.

Voges said the rush of runs wasn’t a premeditated tactic before the innings began.

"We just thought we are both seeing them OK now so we will take them (the runs) now. There wasn’t too much more thinking than that. We just thought it was a good time to go and try and sort of get those through boundaries," he said.