Gayle unhappy with support

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AP):

Fast bowler Morne Morkel grabbed 3-33 as South Africa wrapped up a convincing seven-wicket victory over West Indies, just before lunch on the fourth day of the third and final cricket Test at Kensington Oval yesterday.

The Proteas sealed a 2-0 victory in the series to retain the Sir Vivian Richards Trophy for a sixth successive series since 1998.

South Africa skipper Graeme Smith was delighted with his team's performance over the two-month Caribbean visit.

"It's obviously been a terrific tour for us," he said. "To win the one-day series 5-0, to win both Twenty20s and to win the Test series 2-0. You can't argue with the results we've been able to achieve."

West Indies, resuming their second innings on 134-7, were bowled out for 161 as Morkel took all three wickets to fall.

Disappointment

Veteran left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul batted through the innings to finish unbeaten on 71.

South Africa, set 47 to win, coasted to their target despite a fiery three-wicket burst from pace ace Kemar Roach.

Roach grabbed 3-22 before A.B. de Villiers hit the winning boundary 25 minutes before lunch.

West Indies captain Chris Gayle voiced his disappointment at the results and the support he was receiving.

"It's tough as captain, to be honest, because sometimes when you actually think you're getting the support of some particular person and so forth, you come to find out you're not actually getting that kind of support," he said.

"It's kind of tough. It's something I'm definitely going to deal with and then clear the air and, hopefully, take it from there."

South Africa needed just 36 minutes to brush aside the home team's lower order in the morning.

Morkel did all the damage, flatte-ning the off stump of Sulieman Benn (9) before claiming Roach (8) and Brandon Bess (0) to outside edges.

Morkel ended the series with 14 wickets, while pacemate Dale Steyn, who finished with 15, earned the Man of the Series award.

"They are obviously an important part of our Test line-up, the firepower that they bring to us," Smith said of Morkel and Steyn. "Their wicket-taking abilities are crucial to our success."

Chanderpaul and Benn stretched their partnership to 23 before Morkel found the gate between bat and pad to dismiss Benn.

Roach then drove loosely outside the off stump and feathered to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, while Bess deflected his first ball to Jacques Kallis at second slip.

Chanderpaul's sole vigil occupied 179 balls and 249 minutes and included seven fours and one six.

Crushing victory

South Africa's march to the crushing victory had a few hiccups against the hostility of Roach.

Smith, hit on his chin by a Roach bouncer, eventually slapped a pull straight to midwicket at 14-1.

Roach also dispatched Alviro Petersen (6) via an inside-edged drive on to his stumps.

Roach also ripped a lifter off Jacques Kallis' helmet, which led to an angry mid-pitch confrontation between the two. It threatened to boil over and the pair had to be separated by Australian umpires Steve Davis and Simon Taufel.

Roach had further success when Hashim Amla (25) sliced a drive to gully at 45-3. But the visitors had the final laugh as de Villiers squirted a boundary through third man to secure the comprehensive victory. Kallis was unbeaten on zero at the end.

South Africa won the first Test by 163 runs and the second was drawn in St Kitts.

SCOREBOARD

West Indies 1st Innings 231

South Africa 1st Innings 346

West Indies 2nd innings

Chris Gayle c Boucher b Steyn 10Dale Richards c Petersen b Steyn 17Narsingh Deonarine c Prince b Steyn 0Shivnarine Chanderpaul not out 71Brendan Nash c Kallis b Botha 12Dwayne Bravo b Harris 2Denesh Ramdin c Boucher b Botha 1Shane Shillingford lbw b Botha 25Sulieman Benn b Morkel 9Kemar Roach c Boucher b Morkel 8Brandon Bess c Kallis b Morkel 0Extras: (1b, 1lb, 1w, 3nb) 6TOTAL: (all out) 161Overs: 65.1

Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-27, 3-36, 4-70, 5-74, 6-75, 7-128, 8-151, 9-161, 10-161.

Bowling: Dale Steyn 11-4-36-3, Morne Morkel 14.1-5-33-3, Paul Harris 16-3-34-1, Johan Botha 20-5-46-3 (2nb), Jacques Kallis 4-0-10-0 (1nb, 1w).

South Africa 2nd Innings

Graeme Smith c Chanderpaul b Roach 10Alviro Petersen b Roach 6Hashim Amla c Benn b Roach 25Jacques Kallis not out 0AB de Villiers not out 4Extras: (2w, 2nb) 4TOTAL: (for 3 wickets) 49Overs: 8.4

Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-29, 3-45.

Did not bat: Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Johan Botha, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel.

Bowling: Kemar Roach 4.4-1-22-3, Brandon Bess 4-0-27-0.

Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets (wins three-match series 2-0).

Man of the Match: Johan Botha.

Man of the Series: Dale Steyn.

Umpires: Steve Davis, Australia, and Simon Taufel, Australia.

Third umpire: Asad Rauf, Pakistan. Match referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand.