An­der­son Ma­hase snared four wick­ets be­fore Kofi James blast­ed an un­beat­en half cen­tu­ry as the Lee­ward Is­lands Thun­der de­mol­ished the Wind­ward Is­lands In­fer­nos by eight wick­ets in their Elim­i­na­tor match here at the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my in Tarou­ba on Fri­day.

In their worst bat­ting per­for­mance of the tour­na­ment, the In­fer­nos were bun­dled out for 69 in 14.5 overs with Ma­hase pro­duc­ing a clin­i­cal bowl­ing per­for­mance to fin­ish with 4-10.

James then scored 56 not out from just 34 balls to pro­pel the Thun­der to 70 for two in 9.1 overs.

The re­sult meant the Thun­der re­venged their loss to the In­fer­nos on Wednes­day and al­so set up a fi­nal matchup against the Trinidad and To­ba­go Le­gions on Sat­ur­day.

Af­ter elect­ing to bat af­ter win­ning the toss, the In­fer­nos lost cap­tain Al­ick Athanaze and Ted­dy Bish­op ear­ly on to fall to 19 for two.

De­spite those two loss­es, Jo­hann Je­re­mi­ah and Noelle Leo main­tained a de­cent scor­ing rate, push­ing the score to 40 for two in the fifth over.

How­ev­er, it all went down­hill for the In­fer­nos af­ter Leo was dis­missed by James for 12, with Je­re­mi­ah and Shadrack Descarte fol­low­ing soon af­ter to see them stum­ble to 55 for five.

Ma­hase then joined in on the ac­tion, ac­count­ing for the wick­ets of Dil­lon Dou­glas, Keon Gat­son, Ryan John and Darel Cyrus, as the In­fer­nos lost their last five wick­ets for 14 runs.

Mic­ah McKen­zie (2-10), Nathan Ed­ward (2-21) and James (2-28) all took two wick­ets.

Medi­um pac­er Ryan John then claimed the wick­ets of Jamie Cor­nelius for four and Jew­el An­drew for two, to give the In­fer­nos hope of pulling off an un­like­ly vic­to­ry.

Those dreams were smashed by James, though, as he hit six six­es and three fours in his in­nings, while dom­i­nat­ing an un­bro­ken stand of 41 with Mikyle Louis, who fin­ished on five not out.

CMC

Sum­marised scores:

WIND­WARD IS­LANDS IN­FER­NOS 69 in 14.5 overs (Jo­hann Je­re­mi­ah 14, Noelle Leo 12, Dil­lon Dou­glas 10; An­der­son Ma­hase 4-10, Mic­ah McKen­zie 2-10, Nathan Ed­ward 2-21, Kofi James 2-28).

LEE­WARD IS­LANDS THUN­DER 70-2 in 9.1 overs (Kofi James 56 not out; Ryan John 2-29).

Thun­der won by eight wick­ets