South Africa edged the West Indies by three wickets in a rain-affected Super Eights match on Sunday to reach the T20 World Cup semi-finals and eliminate the hosts. Man of the match Tabraiz Shamsi took 3-27 after South Africa won the toss and restricted the West Indies to 135-8 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Once Shamsi removed Mayers to a sliced catch at deep cover, a steady stream of wickets enabled South Africa to restrict the West Indies. “This is one batting performance we will try our best to forget,” said West Indies captain Rovman Powell. “We get ourselves into tricky positions and then have to battle to get over the line.” South Africa join England as the semi-final qualifiers from Super Eight Group 2.
