West Indies rocked by Ntini's seven

West Indies 347 & 194, South Africa 398 & 45

Makhaya Ntini demolished the last half of the West Indies batting with an irresistible spell of new ball bowling to put South Africa on course for an emphatic victory at lunch on the last day of the second Test here yesterday.

Makhaya Ntini demolished the last half of the West Indies batting with an irresistible spell of new ball bowling to put South Africa on course for an emphatic victory at lunch on the last day of the second Test here yesterday.

The 27-year-old fast bowler, South Africa's first black Test player, completed the innings with 7 for 37, his best figures in his 57 Tests, and 13 for 132 in the match. Hugh Tayfield, the 1950s off-spinner, is the only other South African to take as many in a Test, achieving the feat twice.

Ntini took four of the last five wickets for three runs as the West Indies collapsed from their overnight 170 for 5 to 194 all out. Left 144 to win and take the lead in the four-Test series, South Africa were 45 for 0 at the first interval.

The West Indies fought back on the previous day with Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Bravo. Sarwan, 93 at the start, went to his seventh Test hundred but was left 107 not out, as Ntini, with help from Andre Nel, swept aside the fragile tail. Ntini made the crucial break in his second over with the second new ball when Bravo edged a cut to Mark Boucher.

The remaining wickets only raised another 14. Ntini had Courtney Browne lbw and bowled Pedro Collins and Reon King. Nel had Daren Powell caught by Jacques Kallis at second slip.

The West Indies had once chance when South Africa went after their goal but King's no ball meant AB de Villiers survived having his off-stump shattered.

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