South Africa vs Sri Lanka Tweet report: 'South Africa's choke has been rescheduled to semi-final'

The choker tag no longer burdens AB de Villiers and South Africa after they ended a winless streak in Cricket World Cup knockout matches with a nine-wicket quarterfinal victory over 1996 champion Sri Lanka on Wednesday. The tag became a source of frustration for South Africa, which regularly fielded teams capable of winning the World Cup after rejoining the international arena at the 1992 tournament, but failed in five straight playoffs. [caption id=“attachment_2157859” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] South Africa need to play as a team. AP[/caption] The win was set up by Imran Tahir’s 4-26 and JP Duminy’s hat trick — the pair combined to take four wickets for two runs in nine balls as Sri Lanka crumbled all out for 133.