South Africa tightened their grip on the second Test against West Indies as Rassie van der Dussen and Kagiso Rabada forged an unlikely sturdy batting alliance to get the tourists out of trouble.

At 73-7 in their second innings, South Africa's lead was 222, and there was the prospect of West Indies possibly chasing a target under 250 to win the game and tie the two-match series.

But Van der Dussen and Rabada combined to add 70 for the eighth wicket, with tail-ender Rabada racing to a Test-best 40, including a six off Kemar Roach. South Africa made it to 174 all out, setting a victory target of 324.

Van der Dussen finished unbeaten on 75, while in the course of the innings former West Indies captain Jason Holder became just the 15th man in Test history to reach 50 catches, 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a career. He joined that club with a spectacular catch at second slip to see off Keshav Maharaj.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

We were crushed again by South Africa, as in four innings we never posted a total of 175, which means our batting failed miserably!But how could our batting succeed when Brathwaite had scores of 14, 7, 0 & 6 a total of 27 runs in 4 innings? In as much as I never liked Brathwaite as captain because to me he didn't command a sure pick, I need to ask CWI a few questions:
1. On what basis is the test team selected? On reputation? A Best verses Best practice match?
2. When was the last time we had our intercaribbean domestic competition? Was it in 2019?
3. Seeing we were able to schedule Sri Lanka, South Africa and Pakistan to tour, why could we not schedule our regular domestic competition so our players could be test ready? Finally, in as much as I would like to call for Holder to be reinstated as captain, I must call for the replacement of Roger Harper as head coach and all of his selectors