By Julian Shea BBC Sport at The Crucible

Murphy barely gave Ebdon a look-in

With the match balanced at 12-12 going into the final session, the English qualifier quickly saw off Ebdon by winning the first five frames.

Murphy won frame 25 with a break of 62 and then opened up a three-frame gap with a run of 72 in frame 27.

He then hit a wonderful break of 123 to lead 16-12 before wrapping up victory with a break of 60.

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Ebdon, who ended Ronnie O'Sullivan's hopes in the last eight, had started the match well, making two century breaks on his way to a 6-2 lead.

But Murphy hit back brilliantly, his break of 132 in the last frame on Friday ensuring the match went into the final session all square at 12-12.

Ebdon was a virtual spectator in the final session as Murphy secured a final against Ian McCulloch or Matthew Stevens.

In the words of Terry Griffiths, 'I'm in the final now' Shaun Murphy More Murphy quotes

World number 48 Murphy is the fourth qualifier to reach the World Championship final and the first since Terry Griffiths in 1979.

The Northamptonshire player was priced at 150-1 before the tournament.

P EBDON (Eng) 12-17 S MURPHY (Eng)

78-10 22-93 101-9 (78) 77-22 (70) 0-77 (77) 76-20 (52) 79-8 (69) 99-40 (93) 0-138 (138) 0-108 (108) 79-9 (61) 25-77 (51) 0-96 30-66 14-91 (82)

1-99 (92) 75-0 (53) 72-48 (53) 96-13 4-78 23-99 (95) 57-12 84-0 (84) 0-133 (132) 6-63 (62) 19-85 1-79 (72) 0-123 (123) 0-80 (60)