League champions Leg Trappers dodged the showers to storm into the Commercial Cricket League's knockout final but don't yet know who their opponents will be and face a possible three-week wait before getting chance to complete the coveted double.

While Trappers crushed eight-man St. David's by 190 runs after piling up a massive 240 for six at eight runs an over in their semi-final at Southampton Oval, rain forced the other semi-final between league runners-up West Indian Association and Jamaican Association at Shelly Bay to be abandoned without a result with WIA in the driver's seat.

Both clubs said last night they would try to replay the tie on Saturday but in any event the Commercial League knockout final, set for Sunday, will be postponed because a WIA Select XI, featuring record-breaking former West Indies Test bowler Courtney Walsh, are taking on St. George's in a 40 overs per side match at Wellington Oval.

If Jamaican Association and WIA are unable their replay their semi-final tie on Saturday, it will be rescheduled for Sunday, September 22 with the final to follow a week later.

A century from opener Gary Knight, who plundered five sixes and eight fours in his 106, laid the foundation for Leg Trappers' massive 30-over total, which included just seven extras, six of them wides, after they were invited to bat by St. David's skipper George O'Brien.

Knight - his century was the fifth and highest by a Trapper batsman since the club joined the league in 1997- put on 106 for the first wicket with David Hosier whose 57 included eight fours and two sixes. Other useful contributions came from Damion Henderson (25), Justin Freisenbruch (22 not out) and Chris Fleming (21) with run-outs accounting for four of the six dismissals.

Umpire Roger Dill initially reduced Trappers' innings from 40 overs to 35 overs following a delayed start and then to 30 overs after rain held up the match for 40 minutes with Trappers 148 for one from 18 overs. Granville Bennett took one for 56 from seven overs and Reginald Pitcher one for 68 from six.

Faced with a daunting task, holders St. David's suffered an immediate setback when George Cannonier fell to a smartly-taken catch by Knight in the first over and although Ernest McCallan made 19 the east enders were bundled out for 50 in 15 overs.

Medium-pacer Colin Scaife did most of the damage, claiming four for 22 from seven overs, while Graham Strange, earlier run out for one and set to miss the final, took one for one, James Swan one for eight and Marc Wetherhill one for 18.

"It wasn't a good season for us," admitted O'Brien, who only arrived back in the Island on Sunday morning after flying to his native Trinidad and Tobago for the funeral of his 47-year-old younger brother Gerald.

O'Brien said a club meeting would be held to discuss the future of St. David's Commercial League team who often played short this year, particularly away from home, after enjoying spectacular success last season when they completed the league-knockout double.

At Shelly Bay, where long boundaries and a slow outfield have made scoring difficult, skipper Barry Richards played a pivotal role in steering WIA to an imposing 213 for six - including 34 extras, 31 of them wides - in their 40 overs, hitting five fours and two sixes before falling lbw for 76 and adding 69 runs for the second wicket with Dave Greenidge (41) in a match umpired by Lester Harnett.

Glenroy Brown, who claimed the key wicket of Richards, finished with three for 34 from eight overs while Clive Barrett took one for nine, Ian Coke one for 26 and Kevin Abrahams one for 41.

Jamaican Association lost in-form opener Chris Daley for three and although Abrahams made 23 and Presley Millwood 19 they were well behind the run rate at 69 for three from 19 overs when heavy rain forced the game to be called off. Olwin Clarke took two for 15 from four overs and Stan Francis one for 17 from six.

"We had a number of interruptions for rain and tried hard to get the game finished but it was impossible," said Jamaican Association spokesman Glenmore Barrett.