West Indies move into semi-finals after beating South Africa

West Indies beat South Africa by three wickets in Nagpur on Friday to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20.

Electing to field, the West Indies bowlers restricted South Africa to 122 for eight before they rode on batsman Marlon Samuels' 44 to achieve the target with two balls to spare.

The win saw West Indies stay at the top of the Group One table with three wins from as many matches while South Africa's chances of advancing dimmed after two losses.

Scoreboard

South Africa

H. Amla run out           1

Q. de Kock b Russell        47

F. du Plessis c Benn b Russell   9

R. Rossouw c Russell b Gayle    0

AB. de Villiers b Bravo      10

D. Miller b Gayle          1

D. Wiese c Sammy b Bravo      28

C. Morris not out         16

A. Phangiso run out         4

Extras (b 4, w 2)          6

Total (for 8 wickets, 20 overs)  122

Did not bat: K. Rabada, I. Tahir

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Amla), 2-13 (du Plessis), 3-20 (Rossouw), 4-46 (de Villiers), 5-47 (Miller), 6-97 (de Kock), 7-112 (Wiese), 8-122 (Phangiso)

Bowling: Badree 3-0-22-0, Russell 4-0-28-2, Gayle 3-0-17-2, Brathwaite 2-0-11-0, Benn 4-0-20-0, Bravo 4-0-20-2

West Indies

J. Charles c du Plessis b Wiese  32

C. Gayle b Rabada          4

A. Fletcher run out (Rossouw)   11

M. Samuels c de Villers b Morris  44

D. Bravo c Wiese b Phangiso     8

A. Russell c Miller b Tahir     4

D. Sammy b Tahir          0

C. Brathwaite not out       10

D. Ramdin not out          1

Extras (lb 1, w 8)         9

Total (for 7 wickets, 19.4 overs) 123

Did not bat: S. Badree, S. Benn

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Gayle), 2-34 (Fletcher), 3-66 (Charles), 4-87 (Bravo), 5-100 (Russell), 6-100 (Sammy), 7-113 (Samuels)

Bowling: Rabada 3.4-0-38-1, Morris 4-0-33-1, Tahir 4-0-13-2, Wiese 4-0-19-1, Phangiso 4-0-19-1

Result: West Indies won by three wickets