By Mark Meadows
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, April 17 - Andrew Hall took
five wickets to help South Africa surge into the World Cup
semi-finals and eliminate England with a crushing nine-wicket
win in the Super Eights on Tuesday.
Medium pacer Hall bagged a career-best five for 18 to
dismiss a woeful England for 154 with two overs remaining after
Michael Vaughan had won the toss and elected to bat despite a
lively Kensington Oval pitch.
South Africa then knocked off the runs in just 19.2 overs to
complete the rout with captain Graeme Smith hitting an unbeaten
89.
The Proteas join defending champions Australia, New Zealand
and Sri Lanka in the last four with the semi-final match-ups
determined by the final positions in the round-robin Super
Eights table.