London — There was no half-century for Chloe Tryon in her 50th T20‚ not a lot of runs from anyone and no justice for an attack that‚ not for the first time‚ bowled their hearts out. Consequently SA will have to bat much better than they did against West Indies in St Lucia on Thursday if they want to stay alive in the World T20. Having held the Windies to 107/7‚ SA had a chance to go top of group A. Instead they crashed to 76 all out to lose by 31 runs and dwindle to fourth place out of five sides — and leave their hopes of reaching the semifinals hanging by a couple of threads. If they do not beat England and Bangladesh in their remaining first-round games‚ they go home. If they do win those matches‚ all sorts of outcomes are possible. SA will not beat anyone if they bat like they did on Thursday‚ when they lost nine wickets for 28 runs and the last five of those scalps for a solitary run. They were 41/1 in the 10th over and dismissed 8.4 overs later‚ and they suffered three runouts...
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