SHARJAH, November 6
England reached the semifinals of the T20 World Cup despite their 10-run loss to South Africa today with Australia also making the last-four from Group I.
With Australia beating West Indies in the previous match of the day, South Africa needed a victory and a massive run-rate boost to be the second team from Group I to make the last-four.
They showed some intent with the bat and Rassie van der Dussen blasted an unbeaten 94 off 60 balls to propel South Africa to 189/2, their highest score of the tournament.
Their total meant South Africa had to restrict England to 131 or fewer to make the semifinals ahead of Australia, while scoring 87 was enough for Eoin Morgan’s team.
Moeen Ali (37) and Dawid Malan (33) chipped in with breezy cameos to snuff out South Africa’s semifinal hopes but Kagiso Rabada’s final-over hat-trick restricted England to 179/8 snapping their winning streak in the tournament.
Warner, Josh the stars for Oz
Abu Dhabi: David Warner struck a 56-ball 89 after paceman Josh Hazlewood’s four-wicket blitz to help Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets. Chasing 158 for victory, Australia rode home on Warner’s unbeaten knock, which included nine fours and four sixes. — Reuters
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