WINDIES IN SEMIS*
...edge S/Africa after scrambled run chase
Published on Mar 25, 2016, 11:19 pm AST
:‘MADE IT’: South Africa’s Quinton de Kock dives to make his ground as West Indies’ Carlos Brathwaite waits to collect the ball during their ICC World T20 match in Nagpur, India, yesterday. —Photo: AP
NAGPUR
West Indies nearly made a mess of a simple run chase but recovered in time to pull off a nervy three-wicket win over South Africa with two balls to spare, and romp into the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday.
In pursuit of an uncomplicated target of 123 on a slow pitch at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, West Indies were propelled by Man-of-the-Match Marlon Samuels who top-scored with a vital 43 from 44 deliveries while opener Johnson Charles stroked 32 from 35 balls. The Caribbean side were on top of the game at 66 for two in the 12th over but lost five wickets for 47 runs in the space of 46 balls, to decline to 113 for seven in the penultimate over.
Starting the final over with nine required for victory, West Indies were left sweating when Carlos Brathwaite (10 not out) was kept scoreless by 20-year-old seamer Kagiso Rabada off the first ball. However, Brathwaite cleared the ropes at wide long on with the second delivery before a wide and then a single, ensured the scores were level with three balls remaining.
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