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Proteas cruise to seven-wicket win against Bangladesh to top Group B... for now

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The Proteas cruised to a seven-wicket victory against Bangladesh at the Dubai International Stadium with 16 balls to spare on Saturday.But they will have a nervous wait to see how other results unfold before they know their World Cup fate.The Proteas would have felt that their run chase had gone a bit deeper than they would have liked as they reeled in the 107 set by Bangladesh, with their net run rate, which could be the hair-splitter in Group B after the group stages, taking a bump.Victory moves the South Africans to the top of the log above the West Indies for now, with the latter yet to play unbeaten England (on Tuesday), who are expected to cash in on a big win against Scotland on Sunday first.England look likely to secure one of the top two positions required to advance to semi-finals, so it could come down to being between South Africa and the West Indies to claim the other.

Who will be the two semi-finalists from Group B? ?? #T20WorldCup #BANvSA pic.twitter.com/MIfBaiEYa3Player of the match Tazmin Brits took up the responsibility of leading the chase after the early loss of skipper Laura Wolvwaardt for seven after she was misled by a slower Fahima Khatun delivery as she tried to go down the track.Without the fast-scoring Wolvaardt for the first time in the power play in the tournament, the Proteas tallied their lowest score of 36 after six overs at this World Cup.Brits and Bosch brought up their 51-run second-wicket partnership off 51 balls, but not long after Bosch (25 off 25) scooped it to short third man and she walked back to the sheds to bring Kapp to the crease.The Proteas batters, especially the powerful Brits, could not always find the gaps as they hoped to reach the boundary and, luckily, their

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