Bailey's Bay 206 Cleveland produced a major upset on Saturday in the semi-final of the Knockout Cup when they beat Eastern Counties rivals Bailey's Bay by 38 runs at Sea Breeze Oval to set up the most unlikely of finals on September 8 at Somerset against St. George's.

Bay have had the better of the exchanges between these two rivals over the years but Cleveland threatened to turn the tide a couple of weeks ago when they dismissed Bay for 156 and then were skidded out for 135 after being well placed at 99-1.

Clarkie Trott was the thorn in their side that day with nine for 45, but there was no Trott -- Clarkie nor in-form batsman Roger Trott -- to reckon with as Cleveland reached their match winning total of 244.

Bay, well placed at 100-1 in the 21st over, then had a slump of their own as Cleveland persevered to reach their first Knockout Cup final.

"I feel we're a decent side and if we can't beat Bay once out of four times then something is wrong,'' said Cleveland captain Aaron Adams.

"We have senior players like Allan Douglas pulling his weight and the younger guys chipping in.'' Adams singled out youngsters Gregory Talbot and Jason Simons for special praise for the way they have performed this season.

After winning the toss and batting first Cleveland had a steady but slow start as Carlton Smith (28) and Courtney Trott (37) added 69 for the first wicket -- though it took them 23 overs.

After the breakthrough came, with Smith first out, two more quick wickets fell to make it 78-3 in 26 overs. The second biggest stand came for the fourth wicket when Simons and Jermaine Postlethwaite (23) added 60 in 11 overs as the run rate picked up thanks to an over from Allan Walker which produced 25.

Postlethwaite departed on 138 and Simons on 153 after hitting four sixes and the next key break came for Cleveland in the 37th over when veteran Allan Douglas made his way to the crease.

He got stuck into the task immediately, blasting four fours and four sixes in his top score of 54 which came in the last 13 overs before he was last out.

Cleveland scored 64 between the 30th and 40th overs and in the last 10 they added 89 to race towards the 250 mark.

Corey Hill, sharing the new ball with Mark Trott, led the Bay bowling with two for 36. Trott was the most economical bowler, giving up 29 from his 10 overs for one wicket.

By comparision Ricky Hill conceded 72 off nine late in the innings as the Cleveland batsmen threw caution to the wind.

Bay's early batsmen swung the bat also as, needing to score at just under five runs an over, they had 45 on the board after just eight overs when Devrae Hollis (29) and Cal Dill (46) went on the attack agianst Postlethwaite and Andre Smith and forced an early bowling change.

The opening stand was worth 66 in 13 overs and the 100 came up in the 21st when Bay lost their second wicket, Dill departing after stroking seven fours in his 91-minute stay.

The match turned around when key batsmen Charlie Marshall went in the 22nd and captain Ricky Hill in the 23rd to make it 108-4...lasting a total of just nine minutes between them.

Sensing victory, Cleveland kept on the pressure and were rewarded by getting Irving Romaine for just 11 as Postlethwaite came back for a second spell.

Corey Hill, with a dogged 39 in 61 minutes, offered some resistence as he and Coolridge Durham put on 47 for the seventh wicket in taking the score to 182.