South Africa bounced back following their defeat to Bangladesh and beat West Indies by 67 runs as they moved closer to a Semi-final berth. South Africa after a steady start where they scored only 36 runs for 1 wicket from the first 10 overs went on to amass 356 for the loss of 4 wickets from their 50 overs. West Indies took the thrid power-play late in the day from the 45-49 overs and conceeded 77 runs.South Africa's opening batsman AB de Villiers scored 146 runs from 130 balls and was the Man of the Match. Jacques Kallis set the tempo with 81 runs from 86 balls. At the end, Herschelle Gibbs 61 not out off 40 balls and Mark Boucher 52 runs off 23 balls ended the innings in style.Windies kept on losing wickets at regular intervals and eventually ended with 289 for the loss of 9 wickets from 50 overs. Ramnaresh Sarwan with 92 runs from 75 balls was the only significant contributor. Number 10 batsman Daren Powell 48 not out of 36 balls was the other highest scorer.
