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World T20: South Africa fail to slow West Indies party

Sammy & Co cruise into semifinals after clinical 3-wicket win over South Africa

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West Indies Carlos Brathwaite (L) and his teammate Denesh Ramdin celebrate after winning their match. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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In-form West Indies produced a disciplined bowling and fielding effort to restrict a marauding South Africa to a modest 122 for eight in a crucial Super 10 Group 1 match of the ICC World Twenty20, here today.
It was struggle for South Africa from the word go as they lost wickets at regular intervals and failed to put on a substantial partnership to get to a wining total. Despite having some many big hitting batsmen in their ranks, the Proteas could only hit eight boundaries and two sixes in their entire 20 overs. 

Earlier, West Indies produced a disciplined bowling and fielding effort to restrict a South Africa to a modest 122/8. It was a struggle for South Africa from the word go as they lost wickets at regular intervals and failed to put on a substantial partnership to get to a wining total.

(Read: Live Cricket Scores from ICC World T20)

Despite having many big-hitting batsmen in their ranks, the Proteas could only hit eight fours and two sixes in their 20 overs.

Left-handed opener Quinton de Kock top-scored for South Africa with a 46-ball 47, while David Wiese made a valuable 28 lower down the order.
Sent into bat, South Africa were in disarray, losing their first five wickets inside the 50-run mark. Hashim Amla became victim of a terrible mix up in the third delivery of the match, while skipper Faf du Plessis was brilliantly holed out by Suleiman Benn at mid-off off Andre Russell in the last ball pf the second over.
 

Rilee Rossouw was the next to depart for a duck, cutting a Chris Gayle delivery straight to Russell at point as South Africa slumped to 20/3 in three overs. Much was expected of AB de Villiers (10) but he too perished in the eight over after being completely foxed by a slower delivery from Dwayne Bravo. If that was not enough, Gayle went through another dangerman David Miller's defence to see South Africa in a spot of bother at 47/5.

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