South Africa breezed past the West Indies after they completed a 284-run win on the fourth day of the second Test at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday.

The West Indies were bowled out for 106 despite needing 391 runs to win.

The two-match World Test Championship series was won by South Africa, 2-0.

When the West Indies collapsed to 34 for six in the 8.1 overs leading up to lunch, the match was effectively won and lost.

After opening batsmen Kraigg Brathwaite and Tagenarine Chanderpaul survived the first 10 overs and scored 21 runs together, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada struck twice in three balls to spark the collapse.

Brathwaite was bowled by Rabada for the seventh time in consecutive innings when he trapped the West Indian captain leg before wicket for 18 with a low-bouncing ball.

Two balls later, wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen gloved a catch down the leg side from Raymon Reifer.

The West Indies lost six wickets for 13 runs, with spinners Simon Harmer and Keshav Maharaj each claiming two victims.

Harmer shared the new ball with Rabada and induced excessive turn, catching Chanderpaul at second slip after he had faced 36 balls and scored only two runs.

Roston Chase, Jermaine Blackwood, and Kyle Mayers all departed cheaply, with South Africa’s only setback occurring when Maharaj won an appeal for leg before wicket against Mayers in the final over before lunch.

Left-arm spinner collapsed while celebrating and was carried off the field on a stretcher with a left ankle tendon injury.

Maharaj was subjected to a scan. As a result of all-rounder Wiaan Mulder’s right index finger injury, which also necessitated an x-ray, South Africa were effectively reduced to three premier bowlers. However, the West Indies’ batting was already ruined.

Mulder returned following lunch, but bowling was not required.

After lunch, Joshua Da Silva, Jason Holder, and Alzarri Joseph all played aggressively, resulting in 72 runs from the last four wickets before the match was called shortly after the afternoon drinks break.

There were concerns about Rabada’s fitness after he experienced back pain during the first innings, but during a hostile seven-over spell, he displayed no signs of discomfort.

South Africa were bowled out for 321 earlier, with captain Temba Bavuma adding one run to his overnight score of 171 before being caught by Holder at deep square leg.

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