adminCAPE TOWN. – South Africa clinched their three-match Test cricket series 2-0 after comprehensively beating the West Indies in the third and final Test by eight wickets at Sahara Park Newlands in Cape Town yesterday.The home side were guided to their victory target of 124 by Dean Elgar (60 not out) and man of the series, Hashim Amla (38 not out) with an unbroken stand of 73 runs after losing Faf du Plessis (14) early in the morning and Alviro Petersen (nought), who retired from international cricket at the end of the match, at the close of day four.
The West Indian captain, Denesh Ramdin, won his third successive toss on Friday morning and elected to bat first on a Newlands track that looked rather flat despite a touch of grass on top. – AFP.
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