West Indies vs South Africa Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024: SA beat WI in rain-hit thriller, qualify for semi-finals

West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: WI vs SA: Rabada sends a legth delivery, outside off. Hosein guides it to short third and leaves for single. Nortje goes for the direct hit and hits the stumps. The umpire reviews, and Russell fell short! HE HAS TO LEAVE!

Russell run out Nortje 15 (9)

WI: 117/7 (17.1)

West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: WI vs SA: Back of a length delivery by Nortje, at the stumps. Russell slams it over the bowler for a six! Nortje drags his length back and Russell hammers it over midwicket for another six! Then he takes a single. In the fourth ball, Nortje gets a dot, followed by another. The over ends with a single.

WI: 117/6 (17)

WI: 97/6 (15.1)

West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: WI vs SA: Shamsi tosses it up, on leg stump. Chase miscues his slog sweep, and it flies to Rabada at long on for a catch! WHAT A CATCH!

Chase c Rabada b Shamsi 52 (42)

WI: 97/6 (15.1)

West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: WI vs SA: Shamsi sends a length delivery, tosses it outside off. Rutherford gets an outside edge and it goes to Markram at slip, he catches it! The third umpire reviews and it is a legal catch! GOOD ONE! PARTY TIME!

Rutherford c Markram b Shamsi 0 (4)

West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Maharaj tosses it up, on off. Powell goes for the drive, but edges it and his back foot is out! De Kock does the stumping! OUT!

Powell st de Kock b Maharaj 1 (2)

WI: 89/4 (12.4)

West Indies vs South Africa Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Shamsi tosses it up, outside off and wide. Mayers slams it over extra cover for a four, followed by a single. Then Chase gets a full delivery, he slog sweeps it for a six, and then takes a single. Shamsi sends a length delivery for the final ball of this over, Mayers sends it high into the air, Stubbs at deep point races to complete an easy catch!

Mayers c Stubbs b Shamsi 35 (34)

WI: 86/3 (12)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Only 3 leaked in this over, good over by Shamsi. Chase (33*) and Mayers (29*) are currently batting.

WI: 69/2 (70)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Markram tosses it up, on middle. Mayers hammers it straight back. Long off and long on are going for the catch and jump into each other, with the ball going for a six! Rabada seems fine, but Jansen doesn't look good. Okay Jansen is also getting up now!

WI: 63/2 (7.5)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Maharaj sends a full delivery and Chase gets it past midwicket for a double, and then cuts it to sweeper cover for a single. The next ball is a dot, followed by a single, double and another single. Chase (27*) and Mayers (20*) are rebuilding for WI!

WI: 54/2 (7)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: Maharaj starts with a length delivery, outside off. Mayers cuts it through four for a single, followed by a single and three dots. Then Maharaj sends a poor delivery and Chase launches it over deep midwicket for a six!

WI: 39/2 (5)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: A fuller delivery by Jansen, outside off. Chase smacks it through backward point for a four! SHOT! Then Jansen sends it back of a length and Chase gets a top edge, goes up int he air and it is dropped at mid-on. One run. Mayers ends the over with a four!

WI: 22/2 (3)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: OUT! IT IS JUST GOING DOWNHILL FOR WI! Markram tosses it up, outside off. Pooran goes for a big shot, but it goes high in the air and is caught by Jansen at long-off! OUTTT! WI ARE IN TROUBLE HERE!

Pooran c Jansen b Markram 1 (3)

WI: 5/2 (1.1)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Jansen starts off with a dot ball, then a late direct hit sees the ball deflect away and then Mayers takes a single. The third delivery is a wide. Then, Jansen sends a fuller delivery, outside off. Hope guides it off the front foot, but doesn't keep it down. It goes to the right of Stubbs at cover point, and he takes a good catch! SHAKY START FOR WI!

Hope c Stubbs b Jansen 0 (1)

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Hope and Mayers to open the innings for WI. Jansen to bowl the opening over for SA. The action begins!

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: It's time for national anthems as both set of players enter the field.

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: SA - Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi

WI - Kyle Mayers, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran(w), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Obed McCoy

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: After winning the toss, SA captain Markram said, "Going to bowl first. Can't see the wicket get any first. Hoping it gets slightly better this evening. We're in a good space. Haven't put together a perfect game yet. The wind is really strong. Obviously the pitch has moved across. Generally a good batting wicket, gets slower as it goes on. Shamsi comes in for Baartman."

Meanwhile, WI skipper Powell said, "Was 50-50 with the toss. Would've bowled as well. We're Caribbean guys playing in our home conditions. We should be able to adapt quickly. It's a team we have played often over the last couple of years. Kyle Mayers comes in for Johnson Charles."

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: South Africa captain Markram wins the toss, opts to bowl.

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Both sides are level in terms of head-to-head. They have faced other in 22 games, with West Indies winning 11 and South Africa have also win 11. In T20 World Cups, they have faced each other four times, with South Africa leading 3-1.

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Speaking ahead of the match, WI's Hope said, "Keep rallying. That's our motto. We always talk about rallying around the West Indies. The fans need to do the same. We're out there fighting for each and every one of us. We're playing a home World Cup, something a lot of cricketers may not get the opportunity to do. We understand the importance of this and we know how much the fans really want us to win. So we're fighting, we're doing it for them."

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Speaking ahead of the match, SA's Maharaj said, "If you look at previous World Cups, the small moments we haven't really won. And it's good to see that all the games have been really close and we've found a way. That's building the character within the team. Crossing the line in those small moments are things we've never done before."

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: SA - Reeza Hendricks, Quinton de Kock(w), Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Ryan Rickelton, Bjorn Fortuin, Tabraiz Shamsi

WI - Shai Hope, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran(w), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie, Obed McCoy, Shimron Hetmyer, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Joseph, Kyle Mayers

South Africa vs West Indies Live Score, T20 World Cup 2024: SA vs WI: Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today's Super 8 blockbuster between South Africa and West Indies. Stay tuned folks!