Proteas in last 4 at the T20 World Cup

South African captain, Aiden Markram, handed Marco Jansen the new-ball and the quick delivered, as Shai Hope was lost for a first ball duck. The skipper had just as much success next over, tempting Nicholas Pooran who skied one down the ground – it was well held by Jansen.

Jansen should’ve had a second dismissal, bowling to Roston Chase, but Anrich Nortje put down a tough chance with the ball swirling high in the wind. Chase took full advantage, compiling a Powerplay fightback with Kyle Mayers.

The Windies made it to 47/2 at the six-over mark, capped off with a Mayers maximum on the last ball of the sixth over.

Player of the Match Tabraiz Shamsi took 3-27 after South Africa won the toss and restricted their opponents to 135-8.

“The last time I played here I went for 50 runs and there was a lot of chatter going around,” said Shamsi.

“I was happy to come back and perform my role, but credit as well to the guys who bowled before me because they set it up beautifully.”

Winning captain Markram admitted to nerves during the tense chase.

“There’s a lot of relief at making the semi-finals but we’re not going to be brainwashed by that because we would have liked to be a lot more convincing,” he said.

“Maybe we tried to kill off the game too early, but that’s been the story of the competition so far.

“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.