Smith Proud Of Emotional Team

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de Villiers hits out against Scotland.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith reflected on a performance befitting the memory of Bob Woolmer as his team booked their place in the World Cup Super Eights.

Smith himself hit 91 runs off only 65 balls as South Africa made a nonsense of Scotland's best ever Cup total of 186 for eight to win with seven wickets and almost 27 overs to spare.

While his opposite number Ryan Watson was once again reduced to accentuating the 'positives' after another wide-margin defeat, Smith was highly satisfied.

"Today's game took on extra meaning after Bob passing away," he admitted.

South African and Scottish players both wore black armbands for a match which was preceded by a minute's silence and took place just two days after the sudden death of the hugely popular Pakistan coach.

Woolmer was especially close to the likes of Shaun Pollock following his time as coach of South Africa and Warwickshire, and Smith added: "There were a couple of emotional guys a couple of days ago - and to their credit, they were guys who were very professional.

"We had a chat about it yesterday. The guys were very focused and wanted to put in a good performance.

"I'm glad that we did that."

Watson, meanwhile, knows Scotland must be back in the right frame of mind to face Holland on Thursday - after losing so heavily to first Australia and now South Africa in their Group A campaign.

"It's not been depressing at all - it's been a great experience," he insisted.

"It is always going to be tough when you get teams like South Africa and Australia - they are very professional, take no side lightly and turn up and bring their A game every time.

"We knew that was going to be tough from the outset."

Watson himself was run out by a direct hit from AB de Villiers after a dubious call from Scotland's top scorer Dougie Brown - but he made it clear there are no hard feelings.

"If he'd got out soon afterwards he might have got a mouthful. But he batted beautifully," he said.

"We'd just said two balls before 'there ain't a single to him'.

"Their fielding in that inner ring is unbelievable."