South Africa bowled the West Indies out for 222 runs on the third day of the second test, securing a victory by 40 runs. An outstanding performance was delivered by Keshav Maharaj, who ended the West Indies’ chase with his fifth wicket of the match. Maharaj surpassed Hugh Tayfield, South Africa’s all-time leading test spinner, with 171 wickets with this. Impressively, he took 13 wickets in the series.
After returning to the field on 223-5, South Africa were bowled out for 246 in their second innings by Jayden Seales, who took six wickets. The result was a daunting 263-run target for the West Indies. At 104-6, the West Indies were already in a precarious position when they began to collapse. But the hosts had reason to be hopeful after Gudakesh Motie and Joshua Da Silva scored 77 runs together.
But Maharaj was too powerful, and he kicked out Motie and Da Silva altogether. The last wicket fell to David Bedingham at short leg, which set off celebrations in South Africa, as Seales was caught.
In the first innings of the match, South Africa scored 160 runs, while the West Indies scored 144 runs in response. Following the first test’s rain-shortened tie in Trinidad, the series will now wrap up with three Twenty20 matches.
