South Africa have beaten the West Indies today by an Innings and 100 Runs thanks to a superb spell from Dale Steyn with the second new ball in which the young paceman took 6/72 and took South Africa to victory inside 3 days.
Shaun Pollock also announced his retirement from test match cricket the previous night so that the young pace bowlers which South Africa had would then be able to take his place.
The West Indies lost 3 wickets in the morning session with Ganga, Parchment and Morton falling. It wasn't until Samuels and Bravo came together and put on 144 for the 4th wicket and finally showed resistance.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul didn't come out at his usual position since he was deemed ill so Bravo came out instead.
The Afternoon session belonged to West Indies with Samuels and Bravo batting through that entire session without losing a wicket. Bravo looked a much better player than the one previously seen in this series and looked to be at his best. Samuels played nicely and sensibly until a period before tea where he played a bit recklessly but both batsmen survived until lunch.
The partnership didn't last long since Steyn trapped Bravo LBW with the 5th ball after tea and the presession started as afterwards Steyn got rid of century maker Samuels with a beauty which pitched middle and leg and hit the top of off.
Then after that, Steyn had no problems removing the West Indian tail and dismissed them cheaply to take South Africa to victory before the close of play.
With the retirement of Pollock, the new generation of South African bowlers looks to be ready to take over with the likes of Steyn, Ntini, Nel, Zondeki, Harris and Morne Morkel (who is still recovering from injury) South Africa are building up one superb bowling attack and England have been be careful of these guys since they will thrive in English seaming conditions and will cause problems.
Shaun Pollock couldn't of chosen a better time to go.
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