WI vs SA Super Eight - Match 10 Commentary

SIX! South Africa are through to the semis. Pitched up around off, Marco Jansen clears the front leg leans back a bit and slogs this over the fence straight down the ground towards long on region for a maximum to wrap this game. South Africa wins this by 3 wickets and they have knocked out the hosts of the T20 World Cup.

FOUR! What a time to smash a boundary. Tossed up outside off, Kagiso Rabada shuffles to his leg, opens the off side and drives this all along the ground through cover for a boundary. Kagiso Rabada has been doing it with the ball for the Proteas in the previous games now he is standing tall with the bat as well.

Oh, dear, extras! Floats one angling into the batter, Kagiso Rabada moves to his leg and swings but misses the ball misses everything and deflects off the keeper's pads behind the stumps and the batters run a couple of byes. Pressure getting the better of Nicholas Pooran on this occasion.

Tossed up on off, Marco Jansen flicks this towards the deep mid-wicket region for one.

Floats one around the pads, Kagiso Rabada tucks this towards the leg side and takes a quick single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Roston Chase has bossed this game so far. Tossed up outside off, Keshav Maharaj looks to take on the boundary rider and jumps down the track and looks to clear the fielder at long off. The bat tilts in his hands at the time of connection with the ball and the ball is lofted toward Alzarri Joseph at long off who doesn't make a mistake and pouches it safely.

Short of a length on off, Keshav Maharaj pushes this back to the bowler.

Good length on off, Marco Jansen defends this off his front foot.

Back of a length outside off, Marco Jansen lofts this over extra-cover for a single but an aggressive approach in running between the wickets forces a mistake out of Andre Russell who loses sight of the ball and they take an extra run here.

Back of a length around middle and leg, Keshav Maharaj closes the bat face and nudges this towards mid-wicket for a single.

On a length outside off and slower too, Keshav Maharaj looks to slice this towards the off side but misses.

Back of a length outside off, Marco Jansen dabs this well wide of deep third for one.

Pitched up fuller and on the pads, Marco Jansen flicks this towards the empty pocket at the deep mid-wicket region and runs a couple.

Tossed up outside off, Marco Jansen drills this to long off for one.

Fuller on the pads, Marco Jansen hops back and flicks this through mid-wicket region for a couple.

Floats one on off, Marco Jansen edges this towards short third man fielder for no run.

Short of a length on middle and leg, Keshav Maharaj pulls this towards deep mid-wicket for one.

Fuller on the pads, Keshav Maharaj blocks it out.

OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the man and Tristan Stubbs could have just thrown away the game for South Africa. Roston Chase flights this one up on a fullish length, not quite full enough and onto middle and leg. Stubbs gets down on one knee and looks to heave it away but is late and the ball gets lofted off the higher part of the bat down to long. Kyle Mayers takes the pressure catch and the last proper batter for the Proteas is back in the hut. Also, Keshav Maharaj walks out to bat now.

Bowls this one full as well and attacks the stumps, Tristan Stubbs drives it down to long on and picks up an easy single. 23 needed now off 24 balls.

Sweetly struck but straight to the fielder! Pitched up in the slot around off stump, Tristan Stubbs gets on the front foot and hammers it on the bounce to the man at short cover.

Goes for the yorker and tries to spear it in at the toes but gets it on the pads, Marco Jansen flicks it down to fine leg for a single this time.

Pitched up on the off stump line, Marco Jansen stays in his crease and solidly blocks it off.

FOUR! That will ease the pressure quite a bit. Hard length from Andre Russell but just a bit too straight, Marco Jansen tickles it off his pads and the ball runs away to the fine leg fence for a boundary.

Slightly back of a length over middle and angling back in sharply, Marco Jansen watchfully blocks it to mid-wicket.

That in-between length again, pushed through quicker and on off stump, the ball skids on as Tristan Stubbs goes on the back foot and keeps it out.

Flighted up full and on off stump, Marco Jansen leans ahead and pushes it down to long on for a single.

OUT! BOWLED'EM! What a big moment in the game! Roston Chase has just castled David Miller and South Africa still need 30 more runs to win. Stays around the stumps and bowls it a bit more round arm and on a nagging length on off and middle. Gets this one to turn a bit and the ball slides right on. David Miller backs away to cut a relatively fuller delivery and is beaten all ends up as the ball crashes into the off stump.

Nicely flighted up, slower through the air and on the stumps, David Miller tentatively plays it back to the bowler.

Drags the length short again and angles it in from around the stumps, David Miller gets cramped as he looks to pull and mistimes it straight to short mid-wicket.

On the shorter side to begin with and angled into the legs, Tristan Stubbs waits on the back foot and works it wide of deep backward square leg. The batters look for two but will have to settle for the single.

Excellent over from Andre Russell but South Africa escape unscathed. Goes full and straight now and tries to spear it in, David Miller manages to block it off the leading edge and back down the pitch.

Hard length outside the off stump, Tristan Stubbs charges down the track to put off Andre Russell but gets a thick outside edge. The ball flies flat and fine of deep third but for just a single.

A bit more side on and slingy from Andre Russell and he angles this one in a bit shorter and into the batter from around off stump. David Miller looks to block but gloves it down past the leg stump for a single.

WIDE! The effort ball this time, dug in well short and trying to attack the helmet but this one bounces well over Miller's head for a wide.

A tad fuller and speared in at the pads of the batter, David Miller watchfully keeps it out.

Comes from around the stumps, wide on the crease and hits the deck hard outside the off stump, David Miller stays put and has a waft at it but misses.

Starts the new spell from the opposite end and bowls a cross-seamer, full and around off. This one skids low and David Miller is beaten all ends up as he looked to keep it out.

Back of a length around off, David Miller helps this towards third man region and takes one.

Good length wide outside off, David Miller drops his guard and lets it sail back to the keeper.

Back of a length outside off, David Miller smashes this towards short cover for no run.

Good length outside off, David Miller pushes this towards point for no run.

Back of a length around the ribs, Tristan Stubbs nudges this gently towards square leg and rotates the strike. Tristan Stubbs was keen on the second but denied by his partner and rightly so.

On a length outside off, David Miller pushes this in front of point and takes one.

Good length on off, Tristan Stubbs defends this off the front foot for a dot to end the over.

FOUR! GRACEFULLY CARVED! Pitched up angling across the batter, Tristan Stubbs leans to the pitch of it and drives this all along the ground through point for a boundary.

Good-length delivery on off, Tristan Stubbs looks for the tap and run but finds the fielder at short third.

Back of a length around off, David Miller guides this towards deep third for a single.

WIDE! Obed McCoy is straying down leg and he gifts another extra to South Africa as he darts another wide.

WIDE! Good length angling down leg, David Miller misses the flick. Wide given by the umpire.

Full and wide outside off, Tristan Stubbs goes for the drive but gets a bottom edge rolling towards the fielder at third man region for one.

Good length around off, Tristan Stubbs dabs this towards the short third man fielder for no run.

WIDE! On a length angling away from the stumps. Way too wide outside off, Tristan Stubbs leaves it.

OUT! CAUGHT! AGGRESSIVE APPROACH FROM Alzarri Joseph DELIVERS! A short-pitched delivery into the body of Heinrich Klaasen rattles him as he looks to push the ball away and gets a top edge along with a bit of glove back towards the keeper for his dismissal. Nicholas Pooran brilliantly backpedals and takes a stunner diving backward with just one hand. Is there another twist in the tale?

Good length outside off, Tristan Stubbs dabs this towards third man region for another single.

Pitched up around off, Heinrich Klaasen flicks this towards wide long on for one.

Good length around leg, Tristan Stubbs tucks this towards long leg for a single.

Back of a length around off, Tristan Stubbs blocks this off his front foot.

FOUR! Boundaries galore. This time it is Tristan Stubbs's turn. On a length wide of off, Tristan Stubbs dabs this wide of the keeper's reach to his right for a boundary towards the third man region.

FOUR! Third boundary on a trot and Heinrich Klaasen is edging South Africa closer to that semi-final spot. Short of a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen slashes hard and manages an outside edge flying through that slip cordon for a boundary behind the wickets. 20 runs off the over, could be the decisive blow for the Windies as well.

FOUR! Floats one around the pads, Heinrich Klaasen flicks this and finds the perfect placement wide of the short fine leg fielder to his right for a boundary more.

FOUR! Half-a-chance gone a begging. Short of a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen goes deep and opens the bat face as he slices this agonizingly wide of Roston Chase at backward point for a boundary. Roston Chase puts in a valiant effort but this was out of his reach.

Tossed up wide of off, Tristan Stubbs drives this through cover and rotates strike.

Fuller around off, Heinrich Klaasen drills this towards long on for one.

SIX! GIGANTIC! Too full and into the hitting arc of Heinrich Klaasen. The batter clears his front leg and lofts this over the sight screen and gains half-a-dozen runs for his side.

On a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen guides this towards the third man region and takes one to end the over.

Good length on off, Heinrich Klaasen defends this off the front foot.

5 WIDES! Oh dear me, this is the last thing West Indies needs at this moment. Bumper, a bit too high and Heinrich Klaasen ducks down. The ball kept elevating on its way to the keeper and it deflected off the gloves of Nicholas Pooran behind the stumps and raced away for four behind the stumps.

Good length around off, Tristan Stubbs guides this towards the fielder at third man and takes one.

Back of a length around off, Heinrich Klaasen dabs this towards third man region and rotates strike.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Good length on off and shoots a bit on the batter. Aiden Markram looks to play on the up but the extra bounce does the trick and the ball hits Aiden Markram high on his bat and balloons over Kyle Mayers at mid off. Kyle Mayers settles underneath and grabs a good catch to dismiss the South African skipper.

Good length drifting down leg, Tristan Stubbs helps this towards deep fine leg and takes one.

A slight fumble and they get the extra run. Floated up on the legs, Aiden Markram flicks it away wide of short fine leg where the fielder runs over the ball and lets it through for two runs.

On the pads, fired in a bit, Tristan Stubbs tucks it away past square leg for one.

FOUR MORE! Short again and outside off, trying to fire it in, Tristan Stubbs rocks back and cuts this one square through cover-point for another boundary.

FOUR! Too short and wide, and Tristan Stubbs doesn't let it go unpunished. Short ball well outside off, Stubbs makes some room and frees his arms before slapping it in front of square on the off side for a boundary.

Every dot is being thoroughly cheered by the crowd. Quicker and a tad bit short around off, Tristan Stubbs backs away and punches it straight to Rovman Powell at short extra cover.

Full and rifting into the batter, Aiden Markram comes down the pitch and meets it on the full before playing it through mid on for one.

Back of a length and in the channel around off, Aiden Markram leans back and dabs it down to short third man for a single.

FOUR! Probably the shot of the match! Just back of a length and around off stump, Aiden Markram stands tall and presses back a bit before hammering it delightfully through covers for a boundary.

Good fielding! Back of a length and over middle stump, Tristan Stubbs pulls it to the right of mid-wicket where the fielder dives and gets a hand on it, keeping it down to just a single.

Firmly struck but straight to the fielder! A tad bit short and around off stump, Tristan Stubbs latches onto it and punches it sweetly bt straight to point.

Oh, that was not far away from the stumps! On a hard length around off stump and seaming away a bit, Tristan Stubbs hangs back to cut but chops it back on past the off stump to the keeper.

Just back of a length and over the stumps, Aiden Markram stays back and just nudges it down with soft hands in front of mid-wicket for one.

Nice and full around off stump, Aiden Markram gets on the front foot and punches it through mid off for one.

FOUR! Half an appeal for LBW but that has gone off the bat! Pushed through a bit fuller now and at the stumps, Aiden Markram brings out the reverse sweep and gets enough bat on it to beat the diving man at short third for a boundary.

Flatter delivery, on off and middle, Aiden Markram presses back but can't get it past the man at covers.

Flighted ball, fuller in length and outside off, Tristan Stubbs leans on and strokes it away between the two cover fielders for a run to get off the mark.

Excellent running! On the shorter side and outside off, Aiden Markram taps the ball away wide of point and scampers through for a single.

A brute of a delivery to begin things! Quicker one, drifted in on a length from outside off. This one grips and rips past the outside edge with some extra bounce as well and Aiden Markram is baffled.

OUT! TAKEN! Andre Russell with the double whammy in his first over and the Proteas have now lost both their openers. Russell digs this one in shorter and over middle stump, Quinton de Kock hangs back and sets up for that favored pick-up pull over deep square leg but doesn't get enough on it. A fielder is stationed in the deep for that shot in particular and the ball goes straight to Sherfane Rutherford who hangs on to the catch. Smart bowling from Russell and he is pumped up.

Good hustle from the batters! Slower one, bowled full and angled into the leg stump, Aiden Markram just nudges it inn front of mid on and scampers across for one.

In the air but will land safely! Hits the deck hard and bowls it around off, Aiden Markram looks to stay leg side of the ball and loft it over long off but gets it off the top edge and the ball goes over mid off and plugs in the outfield. They get a couple of runs.

On a hard length and outside off, Aiden Markram gets on his toes and punches it back towards mid off.

Nice shape on that one! Hits the deck hard around off and gets it to nip away off the deck, Aiden Markram stands tall and plays it away towards cover.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! What a review! Andre Russell runs in from over the stumps and starts with a bit of a loose delivery as he angles this one on a length and down the leg side. Reeza Hendricks misses the flick and the ball goes past the pads straight into the gloves of Nicholas Pooran who appeals for a catch but is turned down. West Indies do review it and UltraEdge shows that there was a bit of an inside edge and Russell now becomes the leading wicket-taker for West Indies in all of T20 World Cups. Hendricks' slim run continues!

A dot to end but 12 runs come off the first over of the chase. Floated up a bit, on a length and at the stumps, Quinton de Kock leans on and just works it away to mid-wicket with soft hands.

Flatter one, on a length and angled in from middle, Quinton de Kock clips it towards mid-wicket.

FOUR! Oh, that is delightful from Quinton de Kock and South Africa are off to a flier here. Quick and short, turning back in from middle with some additional bounce. Quinton de Kock rocks back and cuts it really late and through the vacant third man region for another boundary.

FOUR! Up and over, a top shot from Quinton de Kock. On the fuller side and drifted into the stumps, QDK makes room and lofts it inside-out over mid off for a lovely boundary.

On a good length on off stump and going away, Quinton de Kock stays watchful and taps it away in front of covers.

FOUR! A real loosener to begin with from Akeal Hosein and South Africa are underway with a boundary. Quicker and flatter from around the stumps and angled into the pads, Quinton de Kock just tickles it away and the ball rolls away into the fine leg fence.