Rabada five-for helps South Africa wrap up innings win over West Indies

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Saint Lucia, AFP: Kagiso Rabada completed a five-wicket haul as South Africa formalised their demolition of the West Indies by an innings and 63 runs just before the lunch interval on the third day of the first Test in St. Lucia on Saturday.

Having taken just one wicket in the first innings on day one when the home side were routed for 97 after choosing to bat first, Rabada led the way for the Proteas in the West Indies second innings with figures of five for 34.

It was his 10th five-wicket haul in Test cricket. The Caribbean side, trailing on first innings by 225 runs and resuming from an overnight position of 82 for four, were dismissed for 162. Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock, with a Test-best unbeaten 141 in South Africa’s only innings, was named man of the match. Only Roston Chase, with a top score of 62, offered any meaningful resistance to the South African bowlers, the next best effort being 14 from replacement opening batsman Kieran Powell, who came into the match on the first afternoon as a concussion replacement for middle-order batsman Nkrumah Bonner.

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