Rhodes: Pleasing his home crowd

South Africa, led by an unbeaten 85 from Jonty Rhodes, finished the day 94 runs ahead with two first innings wickets standing although Rose claimed 6-75 runs and was responsible for a run-out.

South Africa were 292-8 in reply to the West Indies first innings 198.

The umpires halted play with 12.4 overs left after Rose sent down a fast, waist-high full toss which Rhodes picked up late.

Rhodes, in his first Test at his home ground in three years, was in superb form as he made the highest individual score of a low-scoring series.

He twice pulled Curtly Ambrose for six and added eight fours in a 123-ball innings.

Rose, 26, was in magnificent form, collecting his second six-wicket haul in Tests in two bursts of three wickets each.

He dismissed South Africa's first three batsmen within 25 balls in the morning and then took another three within 17 balls when he was given the second new ball ahead of Ambrose.

In between he ended a promising partnership between Daryll Cullinan and Rhodes with a sliding save on the third-man boundary followed by a throw to wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs which beat Cullinan's attempt to steal a second run.

Rose's first victim was opener Herschelle Gibbs, who chipped a catch to short midwicket after hammering the previous ball through the covers for four.

Fellow opener Gary Kirsten got a lifting delivery which he edged to second slip and Jacques Kallis drove at a wide delivery to be caught behind by Jacobs.

Scorecard

West Indies 1st innings:

P Wallace c Cullinan b Kallis 21
J Murray lbw b Terbrugge 29
S Chanderpaul c Boucher b Kallis 4
B Lara c Cronje b Terbrugge 51
C Hooper c Cullinan b Kallis 10
D Ganga b Pollock 28
R Jacobs b Cronje 39
R Lewis c Cullinan b Cronje 0
F Rose c Kallis b Cronje 6
C Ambrose run out 0
C Walsh not out 0

Extras 10
Total (all out) 198

Fall: 1-50 2-52 3-57 4-105 5-133 6-178 7-179 8-185 9-186.

Bowling: Donald 13.4-1-55-0, Pollock 23.2-8-45-1, Terbrugge 12-2-39-2, Kallis 10-3-18-3, Symcox 8-1-17-0, Cronje 4.1-0/19-3.

South Africa 1st innings:

G Kirsten c Hooper b Rose 26
H Gibbs c Wallace b Rose 35
J Kallis c Jacobs b Rose 11
D Cullinan run out (Rose) 40
H Cronje b Walsh 30
J Rhodes not out 85
S Pollock c Hooper b Rose 30
M Boucher b Rose 0
P Symcox b Rose 12
A Donald not out 1
Extras: 22
Total (for eight wickets) 292

Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-79, 3-80, 4-140, 5-182, 6-262, 7-262, 8-284.