Hamilton Parish cemented top spot in Group A of the Commercial Cricket League's League Cup and booked a spot in the semi-finals to be played in August but who will join them remained unclear after the latest round of Twenty/20 matches.

The other three clubs in Group A – North Village, Ernst & Young and Forties – ended up with a victory apiece from their three matches and a format to decide who goes through with Parish will have to be agreed on at the league's next meeting on June 10 as no rules were put in place at the annual meeting in April to resolve a two- or three-way tie.

Group B has been reduced to four clubs after Western Stars withdrew from the tournament last week. Stars defaulted their opening match against BC Allrounders – the result has been deleted from the records – and pressure is mounting on the St. John's Road outfit to give the league a firm assurance that they can field a side when the league programme starts later this month or face being booted out, an expulsion that would see them ineligible for the 2009 season.

Unbeaten Spring Garden Cavaliers head Group B with two victories while BC Allrounders, 43-run victors against St. David's on Sunday, and Jamaican Association, with a victory apiece so far, can settle which team advance to the last four when they clash this weekend at Garrison Field. Cavaliers will aim to keep their 100 percent record against St. David's, who have been beaten twice, at the same venue.

Forties had the chance to clinch a semi-final spot against North Village, who had lost both previous matches, at Warren Simmons Community Field but let it slip, losing by 26 runs after Parish completed a clean sweep by beating Ernst & Young in the earlier match.

Village all-rounder Grant Smith was man of the match, making an attractive 54 from 41 balls at number four, and then snapping up three for nine from four overs as Forties wilted in the closing overs.

Smith's knock, coupled with an unbeaten 48 from 59 balls by opener Mike Payne, who played the anchor role, lifted Village to 124 for three from their 20 overs and then saw Forties subside from 72 for two in 13 overs to 98 for eight at the close.

"Village started slowly but had wickets in hand at 58 for two after 13 and then some of our bowlers got some stick from loose deliveries," said Forties' skipper Gordon Campbell.

"We were doing well and well ahead of them at 74 for two at the same stage but then collapsed."

Forties' early runs came from opener Gerald Bean (20 from 38 balls), Yatin Gawas (35 from 20 balls) and Granville Bennett (20 from 18 balls) "but they were the only ones to trouble the scorers significantly", added Campbell.

Stephen Connors, who struck five fours and a six in his 45, and Warren Smith, whose 38 included two fours and three sixes, provided the bulk of the runs in Ernst & Young's 123 for four, Mike Burgess claiming two for seven in the final over.

Corey Hill ensured a six-wicket success for Parish with 11 balls to spare by stroking 50, including four fours and three sixes, at number three while opener Mike Burgess made 26 and Johnny Bean an unbeaten 21. Dhammika Jayalath took two for 21 for the losers.

Despite a knock of 40 by opener Ricky Foggo, which contained four fours and two sixes, St. David's were dismissed for 96 in the 18th over chasing BC Allrounders' demanding 139 for two, highlighted by left-hander Worrell Bean's belligerent unbeaten 42, which contained five sixes and a four, 37 not out from Dano Outerbridge (two sixes and a four) and opener Dion Wainwright's 26 before he retired hurt.

Lavor Talbot was BC Allrounders' most successful bowler with three stumpings in his four for four in 2.4 overs while Jason Bailey took two for 20 from three and Andre Paul two for 23 from four.