Gudakesh Motie was the top scorer for the West Indies with his gutsy innings of 45 (59) but couldn't save his team from a 0-1 series loss. The Proteas resumed their second innings on Day 3 on 223/5 with Kyle Verreynne (50*) and Wiaan Mulder (34*) at the crease. The duo was determined to take the game away from West Indies' grasp as they continued their 83-run stand. However, Jomel Warrican struck for his side in the first over of the day dismissing Mulder lbw. The wicket opened the floodgates for South Africa as Jayden Seales continued from where he left off on Day 2 and ran through their batting line up. The speedster ended up adding three more wickets to his tally including the prized scalp of Verreynne (59) to register the second five wicket haul (6/61) of his Test career. Courtesy of his spell, South Africa could only add 23 more runs to their overnight score and got bundled out for 246 setting West Indies a target of 263 runs. The West Indies' chase didn't get off to a good start as Kagiso Rabada struck early to get rid of Miklye Louis (4). After losing his partner, captain Kraigg Brathwaite (25) occupied the crease and kept the scoreboard moving. However, Wiaan Mulder didn't let him continue for long and got him out lbw to leave West Indies on 54/2. West Indies' tail fought hard The hosts continued to lose wickets regularly and were left reeling at 104/6 with Keacy Carty (17), Kavem Hodge (29), Alick Athanaze (15) and Jason Holder (0) back in the pavilion. Seeing their team in desperate need of a partnership, Joshua Da Silva (27) and Gudakesh Motie (45) got involved in a crucial 77-run stand for the seventh wicket to keep their team in the game. Keshav Maharaj came to South Africa's rescue and dismissed both set batters to bring his team on the cusp of win. Jomel Warrican showed some resistance in the end with his unbeaten 25-run knock but ran out of partners as West Indies got bundled out for 222. As a result, South Africa won the match by 40 runs and clinched the Sir Vivian Richards Trophy for winning the series 1-0. Wiaan Mulder was awarded Player of the Match for picking six wickets and scoring 34 runs in the game.