West Indies in historic Test win

[SamL]

A very good win for the West Indies. They have been poor in recent years considering the glorious past they have had.

Got some promising youngsters coming through so this win could be the making of them.

I certainly didn't expect them to beat South Africa on their own turf but South Africa were poor, maybe they got a bit cocky going for the number 1 test playing nation's spot?

Who knows.

West Indies won their first Test in more than two years and their first in South Africa with a 128-run victory.

The Proteas dismissed the tourists for 175 early on day four, with Paul Harris (4-35) claiming the last two wickets.

But South Africa's batsmen never looked like making 389, despite Jacques Kallis hitting 85 and AB de Villiers 60.

Fidel Edwards took 3-37 and Jerome Taylor 3-66 as the Windies beat a top nation for the first time since the win over England at Edgbaston in 2000.

"Everyone played a part in this win," said captain Chris Gayle, who was leading the team in a Test for the first time.

"It's unbelievable, especially since we are just getting to know our new coach John Dyson. But we are really going to enjoy this victory.

"It's not the series, but it's a win and it feels really good. Beating South Africa in four days on home soil is tremendous - it's my best match so far."

The visitors resumed on 146-8 but Daren Powell edged a Harris delivery into his off-stump and Taylor was caught at long-on after striking 22 from just 28 balls.

The Proteas were quickly in trouble at the start of their second innings when Herschelle Gibbs fell for his second duck of the match, Powell nipping a full ball back in to trap him lbw.

Hashim Amla edged Edwards behind and it was 20-3 when the same bowler had skipper Graeme Smith caught at short-leg.

Jaques Kallis (85) shared a 112-run partnership with AB de Villiers (60)

The arrival of Kallis changed South Africa's fortunes ever so slightly with the all-rounder providing some stability in the middle.

Ashwell Prince was snapped up at first slip off Taylor before Kallis and De Villiers went on to make the highest partnership of the innings.

Kallis' beautifully-crafted knock was brought to an end shortly after tea in controversial fashion as he pulled Edwards and the ball clipped his shoulder to wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin.

Mark Boucher provided a useful ally for De Villiers until Taylor found an inside edge to end his innings and Harris went soon after to Dwayne Bravo.

De Villiers holed out to mid-on off Taylor and though Andre Nel (34) and Dale Steyn (33) added an entertaining 67 they were only delaying the inevitable.

Smith said the visitors deserved their momentous triumph, adding: "We let ourselves down in the first innings with the ball and with the bat.

"We allowed them to get to a first-innings total that was always going to make it difficult for us to come back from, and then we didn't bat well.

"We didn't get our basics right, and we didn't adapt to the pitch well enough which seems to be a theme with us here."

[Brainy]

Whoa, big shock.

Funny that this is the same side we comfortably beat last summer.

[SOCCERROO FOX]

West Indies are comeing back they got some of those players that have been around for 3-4 years now and they ae finally looking good