Third test match between South Africa and West Indies is won by South Africa by 7 wickets. After winning the toss WI bat first and they made 231 runs. DJ Bravo was the top scorer for West Indies. He made 61 runs. N Deonarine made 46 runs.
For SA, J Botha was the successful bowler as he took 4 wickets and DW Steyn took 3 wickets to end WI inning at the score of 231. In reply SA made 346 runs with fifties from GC Smith, AB de Villiers and AG Prince. Prince remained not out after making 78. He faced 262 balls to make 78 runs.
SJ Benn was the most successful bowler who took 6 wickets for WI and gave away 81 runs. KAJ Roach took 2 wickets. The second inning of WI was full of trouble and they could manage to score 161 runs only. S Chanderpaul tried to rescue his team by making 71 runs but no other batsmen assist him to rescue the team.
DW Steyn, M Morkel and J Botha got three wickets each. SA chases the low total in 8.4 over by losing three wickets and won the third test match. JH Kallis remained not out after making 25 runs. Series have been won by SA.
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