First playing South Africa scored 189 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs.
For South Africa, Rossi Dawson scored an unbeaten 94 off 60 balls and Aiden Merkram scored 52 off 25 balls.
Mercury made the second fastest fifty of the current World Cup by India’s L Rahul.
In pursuit of the target England scored more than 131 which helped them reach the semi-finals while South Africa is out of the event.
With England scoring more than 131 runs, Australia has also reached the semi-finals as its run rate is better and now even after winning the match, South Africa cannot reach the semi-finals.
