Hanging Heaton clinched the last place in finals day as they beat Hartshead Moor by 45 runs under the floodlights at Wagon Lane.

The Group Two winners made 188-6 in their 20 overs with Rob McFarlane hitting 61 and Haroon Rashid (48)

Hartshead Moor were restricted to 143-7 in reply with Graham Hilton top scoring on 53 not out

Bradford & Bingley suffered an injury scare as they clinched their place in this season's Dyson Insulations Twenty/20 Cup finals day at Wagon Lane on Sunday, September 12.

Wicketkeeper Matthew Duce suffered a dislocated thumb during their 35-run win over East Bierley, last night.

With the Sovereign Health Care Priestley Cup final just five days away, it wasn't what double-chasing Bradford & Bingley wanted.

There was also the worrying sight of their experienced seam bowler Richard McCarthy clutching his calf late in the game, but he insisted afterwards that it wasn't a major problem.

That the match went ahead at all was tribute to the hard work of the Bradford & Bingley club after a deluge at tea-time threatened to wash out play.

The game was an interesting contest with Bradford & Bingley making 186-7 after choosing to bat first. Duce (35), Simon Davies (32) and Scott Etherington (31) were the main contributors.

When East Bierley replied they were given a flying start by Gavin Hamilton who had called time on his Scotland career 24 hours earlier.

Hamilton made a rapid 64, but once he departed East Bierley couldn't keep up with the asking rate and finished on 151-8. McCarthy bowled a typically economic spell taking 3-19. He even managed to bowl a wicket-maiden - a rare commodity in Twenty/20.

Holders Pudsey St Lawrence and Yeadon were the first teams to clinch their places in the last four.

St Lawrence had a comfortable 77-run win over Gomersal in Sunday's quarter-finals at Lightcliffe, while Yeadon defeated Pudsey Congs by two wickets in an eventful match which saw Liam Stanhope take a hat-trick for the losers.

St Lawrence underlined their determination to retain the trophy they won last season as they batted first and made 171-5. Alex Stead, who hit a superb 96 in last year's final win over Bradford & Bingley, led the way with an unbeaten 75 on the ground where he learned his cricket.

Stead struck four sixes and five fours and completed his half century off just 37. David Hester (25) and Chris Marsden (23) chipped in with useful runs. Matthew Hirst (3-29) was the best of the Gomersal bowlers.

Yeadon survived a dramatic batting collapse to defeat Pudsey Congs. They looked to be coasting to victory as openers Oliver Halliday (42) and James Todd (24) shared a psartnership of 84, but once they were parted Congs plunged to 100-7 as Stanhope took 5-16 - including a hat-trick.

When Mahmood Rasool was dismissed at 124-8, Yeadon kept their nerve with Carl Heptonstall making an unbeaten 28 - including three fours in Eugene Burzler's final over to secure their triumph.

Second team batsman Imran Ahmed was the top scorer in the Congs; innings with 50. Ashley Slater added 34 not out as Congs posted a total of 152-6, a score which Yeadon passed with an over to spare.