South Africa ease to 284-run victory in second Test vs West Indies

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Captain Temba Bavuma smashed a career-best 172 and Gerald Coetzee and Simon Harmer shared three wickets each as South Africa completed a 284-run victory over West Indies for a clean sweep of the two-match series at The Wanderers on Saturday...

South Africa had set the tourists an improbable 391 for victory on day four but skittled them out for 106 in 35.1 overs as spinner Harmer took advantage of the turn on offer to record figures of 3-45 and Coetzee put in a fiery spell to finish with 3-37..

Joshua Da Silva was the innings top scorer for the West Indies with 34, but as has been the case all series they battled to keep out the home attack on wickets with pace and bounce...

South Africa started day four on 287 for seven with Bavuma seeking to record a maiden Test double-century having reached three figures for only the second time in his 56-match career...

West Indies eventually dismissed the hosts for 321, one more than South Africas first innings score, but never looked likely to chase down the victory target themselves...

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