West Indies Crash Out of T20 World Cup After Defeat to South Africa

NORTH SOUND, Antigua – West Indies suffered a heartbreaking three wicket defeat to South Africa under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern to crash out of the Twenty20 World Cup here late Sunday night.

In a do-or-die contest at the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium, West Indies were restricted to 135 for eight off their 20 overs with Roston Chase top-scoring with 52 off 42 balls and opener Kyle Mayers chipping in with 35 off 34 deliveries.

In reply, South Africa reached 15 for two after two overs before rain intervened, resulting in a 1-¼ hour stoppage and a revised target of 123 from 17 overs.

Tristan Stubbs then top-scored with 29 from 27 balls while Heinrich Klaasen chipped in with a 10-ball 22 and Marco Jansen, a 14-ball unbeaten 21, as South Africa survived the loss of key wickets to hold off a persistent West Indies attack.

With six runs required from the final over, Jansen cleared the ropes at long on with left-arm pacer Obed McCoy to put South Africa into the semi-finals, along with England from Group 2.

Chase followed up his fifty with an excellent spell of three for 12 from three overs off-spin while seamers Andre Russell (2-19) and Alzarri Joseph (2-25) chipped in with two wickets apiece.