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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
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