South Africa, unbeaten in the tournament so far, coming into their final Super 8 fixture were in a strange predicament of being in a must-win encounter to book their spot in the final 4, while England, who lost to Australia and South Africa and had a washout game against Scotland, became the first team to make the final 4 on the back of 10-wicket drubbing of the USA in their final Super 8 fixture.

South Africa started off well restricting WI to just 135/8 on a tricky wicket riding on Tabraiz Shamsi’s 3//27 and a complete bowling performance. But, in the chase, their old nemesis, rain, appeared with the chase curtailed to 17 overs and a revised target of 123. SA lost Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks in quick time but Tristian Stubbs and Heinrich Klassen stabilized the chase. However, there was more drama in store as South Africa nearly choked at the crucial juncture.

The introduction of Roston Chase changed the momentum of the game as the spinner got the wickets of David Miller and Stubbs to leave SA reeling but Marco Jansen held his nerve and finished off the game to bring joy to the SA camp, while it was despair for WI.

Co-hosts West Indies and USA have now been knocked out of the competition, while all four teams from Group 1 Super 8 are still vying for the remaining two spots in the final.