South Africa lost to India by 1 run

2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

24th Match,India Vs South Africa,Super Eights,

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

India beat South Africa by 1 run in the Final Super Eights Match. India need to restrict South Africa in 121 runs or fewer but South Africa pass that mark. South Africa and India are knocked out from the tournament. Sri Lanka,West Indies, Australia and Pakistan are qualified for the Semi finals.

scorecard:

South Africa won the toss and elected to field first

India 152 for 6 in 20 overs

Suresh Raina 45

Rohit Sharma 25

MS Dhoni 23*

Robin Peterson 2-25

Morne Morkel 2-28

Target 153 from 20 overs

South Africa 151 all out in 19.5 overs

Faf du Plessis 65

JP Duminy 16

Zaheer Khan 3-22

Yuvraj Singh 2-23

India won by 1 run

Man of the Match - Yuvraj Singh

Australia beat South Africa by eight wickets in Super Eights

2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Shane Watson 70 of 47 balls and Doherty take 3 for 20 guide Australia to beat South Africa by eight wickets in ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match at colombo on Sunday.

Scorecard:

Australia won the toss and elected to field first

South Africa 146 for 5 in 20 overs

Robin Peterson 32*

Farhaan Behardien 31*

JP Duminy 30

Xavier Doherty 3-20

Shane Watso 2-29

Target 147 from 20 overs.

Australia 147 for 2 in 17.2 overs

Shane Watson 70 (8 fours and 2 sixes)

MichaelHussey 45 (2 fours and 2 sixes)

Cameron White 21 (3 fours and 1 six)

Johan Botha 2-31

Australia won by 8 wickets

Man of the Match - Shane Watson

Pakistan beat South Africa in a Thriller

2012 ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

Umar Akmal unbeaten 43* off 41 balls Umar Gul quikfire 32 off 17 balls guide Pakistan to beat South Africa by 2 wickets.

ScoreCard:

South Africa won the toss chose to bat first

South Africa 133 for 6 wickets in 20 overs

JP Duminy 48 

AB de Villiers 25 

Yasir Arafat 2-25

Target 134 in 20 overs.

Pakistan 136 for 8 in 19.4 overs

Umar Akma 43* 

Umar Gul 32 

Dale Steyn 3-22

R Peterson 2-15

Pakistan won by 2 wickets

Man of the Match - Umar Gul

De Villiers said i am proud of way we fought back. We made mistake in last 5 overs. Hafeez said, We played couple of bad shots but great team effort. we did well to restrict them, in the end Pakistan was lucky to get this.

AB de Villiers Outstanding Batting South Africa Good Win

ICC World Twenty20 in Srilanka

Seventh Match, Group C: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, 22 September 2012

Scorecard:

Sri Lanka won the toss chose to field first

South Africa 78/4 for 7 overs

AB de Villiers 30 runs for 13 balls (1 four & 2 sixes)

Sri Lanka innings Target: 79 runs from 7 overs

Sri Lanka 46/5 for 7 overs

DW Steyn 10/2

South Africa won by 32 runs

Man of the Match AB de Villiers

Jacques Kallis Set Up Easy Win and Zimbabwe Have Been Knocked Out in Sri Lanka

ICC World Twenty20 in srilanka

fourth Match, Group C: South Africa vs Zimbabwe at Played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, Sep 20, 2012 

Scorecard:

South Africa won the toss chose to field first

Zimbabwe 94/8 in 20 overs

Craig Ervine 37

Stuart Matsikenyeri 17

Jacques Kallis 4-15

Albie Morkel 3-26

South Africa innings (target: 94 runs from 20 overs)

South Africa: 94/0 in 12.4 overs

Richard Levi 50 not out

Hashim Amla 32 not out

Graeme Cremer 0-10

South Africa won by 10 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)

Man of the Match Jacques Kallis

AB de Villiers Set Up and Ross Taylor seven sixes Vain

ICC World Twenty20 Warm-up Matches, New Zealand vs South Africa Played at Colts Cricket Club Ground, at Colombo (Colts), Sep 17, 2012 

South Africa took 51 runs off the last three overs to end up with 186 and the South Africa's openers Richard Levi and Faf du Plessis are took 19 runs and AB de Villiers scored a 30-ball 54 and raised 62 runs in partnership with JP Duminy.

Ross Taylor blasted seven sixes in his 75 runs for 42 balls and Dale Steyn take for four wickets and just 26 runs.

Scorcard:

New Zealand won the toss to field

New Zealand: 177/8 for 20 Overs

South Africa: 186/6 for 20 Overs

South Africa won by 9 runs

Man of the Match: Dale Steyn

South Africa Cricket Team World Twenty20 Profile

ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka

ICC World Twenty20 record: 2007 super eights, 2009 semi-finals, 2010 super eights.

Best result: semi-finals (2009):

ICC Twenty20 Ranking: No.1

South Africa Team Squad:

A.B. de Villiers (c), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Johan Botha, JP Duminy, Francois du Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Richard Levi, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

Pool Fixtures: Zimbabwe ( Hambantota, September 21), South Africa (Hambantota, September 22).

NOTE:

South Africa cricket team all-round side and Batting class comes in the form of Hashim Amla, A.B. de Villiers and Jacques Kallis and Johan Botha is one of the best T20 spinners.