The Proteas demolished the West Indies by a massive 284 runs after a second innings batting performance from the visitors saw them collapse to 106 in the evening session on the fourth day of the second Test at the Wanderers on Saturday.
The Proteas had been bowled out for 321 in the second innings of the morning session, with Bavuma top-scoring on 172, leaving the Windies on an unlikely 391 to win the Test.
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But it was the manner of their defeat that will disappoint the Windies, as the top order showed no fight, as they slumped to 34/6 at lunch, with the match effectively over at that stage.
The Proteas’ bowling attack was also badly affected as Kagiso Rabada picked up a niggle, Wiaan Mulder did not bowl after being sent for a scan after being hit on the finger batting on day three, and Keshav Maharaj injured himself celebrating his second wicket and had to be stretchered off.
Despite this, the Windies batters just fell by the wayside in a show of bitter disappointment, after the innings that started with only opener Kraigg Brathwaite (18) managing the start, as the wickets tumbled.
Despite bringing the batting Rabada picked some early wickets to finish with figures of 2/19, while Simon Harmer, 3/45, also picked up two wickets before lunch, and Maharaj, 2/4, also got in on the action but was injured himself celebrating Kyle Mayers’ injury. (7) end the day.
Stand up and fight
After lunch, the Windies had their only partnership, as Joshua da Silva (34) and Jason Holder (19) provided resistance, sharing 48 for the seventh wicket.
But Gerald Coetzee, 3/37, joined the attack and helped clear the lower-order bowling of both Da Silva and Holder, and had Kemar Roach (2) caught in the deep.
Alzarri Joseph (18) had a bit of late order fun, cracked four and two sixes to get the side over a hundred runs, and the last man out lost the ball from Harmer and was stumped by the goalkeeper Heinrich Klaasen.
There was no double-double in the morning for Proteas captain Temba Bavuma as he fell early for a career-best 172.
They continued at the start of the game at 287/7, but only twice today and have added one run to the score overnight, Bavuma tried to smash Holder for six, only to find Roach on the deep square leg boundary with. score 293/8.
Maharaj (10) then fell in similar fashion a few overs later, finding Gudakesh Motie in deep square to lead a boundary off the bowling of Mayers as they sank to 297/9.
Rabada (16) then came in and had fun, hitting two sixes in 10 balls, one each from Mayers and Holder, before he got a pass back to Holder, leaving Coetzee (9no) unbeaten at the end. act.