South Africa will be looking to complete a comprehensive 5-0 rout over the hapless West Indies and give retiring hero Shaun Pollock a fitting farewell with a victory over the Windies in the fifth chapter of this five match MTN ODI series to be played at the Wanderers this Sunday.

South Africa duly completed a 4-0 lead with a comprehensive drubbing of the West Indies bowling attack at Kingsmead Oval last time around. Put in to bat, the West Indies got off to a solid start before an all familiar collapse towards the end of the innings which saw them totter at 206/9. However, an unbelievable last wicket partnership of 57 between Fidel Edwards and Jerome Taylor took them to a very challenging 263. Makhaya Ntini was once again the victim of the clobbering handed out to the attack by the tail enders as his nine overs cost him a massive eighty runs with twenty four in the very last over itself. Chasing 263, South Africa were never in any trouble and got off to a flier courtesy of a thirty ball half century by skipper Graeme Smith. Even though, Smith departed in the twelfth over, the team never looked in trouble and an fine fourth wicket partnership between series hero Jimmy Duminy and Ab De Villiers took South Africa to a comfortable six wicket victory.

South Africa will know that this match and this occasion truly merits none other than the retiring Shaun Pollock. After a wonderful reception at Kingsmead, the capital now gears up to give one of the greatest post- Apartheid crickets a fitting farewell and the South African team will be looking to do the same by trouncing the Windies 5-0. On the other hand, the West Indies will be hoping to end this series as quickly as possible after seeing their fine start to the tour with a win in the test matches blown away by some strong South African bowling. The Caribbean outfit have missed star players Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan throughout this series and will be glad to end this series on a winning note at the Wanderers this coming Sunday 3rd February 2008.

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