WI vs SA: Keshav Maharaj’s hat-trick helps Proteas to sweep the series 2-0

With Keshav Maharaj picking up a hat-trick in his five for 36, South Africa comfortably defeated West Indies by a margin of 158 runs in the second game and swept the series 2-0 on Monday.

With this, Keshav became the second South African cricketer after Geoff Griffin to [pick a hat-trick and also became the first in more than 60 years to pick a Test hat-trick after he dismissed Kieran Powell, Jason Holder, and Joshua Da Silva in the second to last over before heading to lunch on the fourth day.

West Indies were already under pressure after fast bowler Kagiso Rabada’s three wickets at the top of the order. But Keshav hurried the home team’s demise in St. Lucia as they lost all their wickets for 165 before tea on the fourth day well off the target of 324 set by the visitors.

Windies were 90-2 at one point of time, but they slid to 109-6 in the seven overs leading up to lunch and the hosts  didn’t make 200 in any of its four innings of the series

By winning this game, the Proteas won its first overseas series victory since March 2017 and gave Elgar a successful start in his first series since being appointed as the new captain for the South African side.

 

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