New Delhi:
James Tindall scored the winner as England cruised to the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games men's hockey with a 2-1 win against South Africa on Sunday.
England finished their Pool B engagements with 10 points from four matches while South Africa remained on six after going down to their second defeat in the tournament.
They will meet the winner of the India-Pakistan tie set for later Sunday.
England owed their win to Tindall, who had scored a hat-trick in England's 5-3 win over New Zealand on Saturday.
The ace striker struck the all-important goal four minutes from the final hooter after midfielder Taine Paton levelled the scores in the 45th minute of the tie played under the mid-day sun at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium.
England, the world number four, went into the lead as early as the eighth minute with mid-fielder Ashley Jackson scoring a field goal.
England's best finish in the Commonwealth Games came in 1998 in Kuala Lumpur where they bagged a bronze.
South Africa, ranked number 12 in the world, will now play classification matches for the 5th-6th places.