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Summary South Africa, one of the favourites of the ICC World Cup 2011, defeated West Indies by 7 wickets in the 7th match of the mega event played at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Thursday.
South Africa won the toss and elected to field first but West Indies could not put a massive total against the Proteas in the Group B. West Indies were bowled out at 222 runs in 47.3 overs which South Africa chased convincingly in 45.2 overs at the loss of only 3 wickets.Captain Smith scored 45 runs while AB de Villiers unbeaten 107 proved to be devastating for West Indies. JP Dumminy made crucial 42 runs and remained not-out.Earlier, West Indies put a low total of 222 runs against the Proteas. DM Bravo and DJ Bravo scored 73 and 40 runs respectively. Smith scored 36 runs while Chanderpaul made 31 runs. No other batsmen including Gayle could stay at the crease.Pakistani born leg spinner Imran Tahirs four-wicket haul on debut for South Africa sparked off a West Indies collapse in Delhi. Steyn crashed out the tail with 3 quick wickets while Botha took 2 wickets. It was the 12th consecutive win of the South Africa against West Indies.
