Smith: We can win World Twenty20

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Teenage pace ace Wayne Parnell took four for 13 as South Africa ran out winners by 20 runs to once again justify their tag as tournament favourites.

"It's been a successful week but a tough one," said Smith. "We get an extra day now before we play India and I'm comfortable with where we are, you can't argue with the performances or the results we have turned out in this competition so far."

He added: "As a team we try to challenge ourselves. There are always things to improve on but if we play our best and with our intensity, if we perform to our potential, then we will be difficult to beat.

"I really believe we can win it, but there is a long way to go, a lot of cricket to be played and a lot of good teams in this competition."

The Proteas made 183 for seven from their 20 overs, including 55 from Herschelle Gibbs, and after Parnell had removed openers Chris Gayle and Andre Fletcher they were relatively untroubled in restricting West Indies to 163 for nine.

Lendl Simmons offered brief hope of a Windies fightback, but their chance disappeared when he fell for 77 as South Africa followed up their win over England on Thursday with another impressive performance

West Indies skipper Gayle was unhappy his side had been forced to take to the field just 17 hours after beating India at Lord's last night, but refused to blame the quick turnaround for the defeat.

The Windies next take on England on Monday.

"Twenty20 takes a lot out of you mentally. But we knew the itinerary and we came here to play a good game of cricket so I'm disappointed we lost," said Gayle. "I have to commend the guys for the effort they put in after what happened on Friday. We wanted to better that performance but it didn't happen."