The West Indian top order will be under the microscope once again as South Africa secured a 1-0 series victory on day three of the second Test at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.
The South Africans started day three 223-5, leading the hosts by 239 runs with overnight batsmen Kyle Verreynne and Wiaan Mulder looking to add onto the lead.
Mulder failed to add to his overnight 34 while Verreynne added only nine to his overnight 50 as the West Indian bowlers were able to wrap up the innings in quick time on Saturday.
Jayden Seales was excellent with the ball on his way to a career-best 6-61 off 18.4 overs while left arm-spinners Jomel Warrican and Gudakesh Motie took two wickets, each.
Chasing a very manageable 263 with more than two days left in the game, the West Indian reply started badly as, for the second time in the game, the opening partnership failed to fire with Mikyle Louis falling for a 16-ball four in the fifth over.
Captain Kraigg Brathwaite and Keacy Carty tried to steady the ship, bringing the score up to 54 before Brathwaite went off the bowling of first innings hero Mulder for 25.
Only eight runs later, Carty was also back in the dressing room after being bowled by Mulder for 17.
It was then up to Alick Athanaze and Kavem Hodge to try and being the hosts as close as they could to the score, as they are the last two specialist batsmen in the line-up.
They brought the score up to 99 in the 31st over before Hodge fell for 29.
The wickets of Athanaze for 17 and Jason Holder for a duck not long after left the West Indies 104-6 with their chances of winning the series dwindling by the second.
A 77-run seventh wicket partnership between Joshua Da Silva and Gudakesh Motie gave the hosts a glimmer of hope before that hope was dashed in the 53rd over when Motie fell for a top-score of 45.
Da Silva fell soon after for 27, ending any legitimate chance of a successful West Indian chase.
Jomel Warrican and Shamar Joseph tried their best with 25* and 11, respectively, but the hosts were eventually bowled out for 222 in the 63rd over, losing by 40 runs.
Man of the series Keshav Maharaj took 3-37 off 11.2 overs while Kagiso Rabada took 3-50 from 16 overs.
Full Scores:
South Africa 160 off 54 overs (David Bedingham 28, Tristan Stubbs 26, Shamar Joseph 5-33, Jayden Seales 3-45) & 246 off 80.4 overs (Kyle Verreynne 59, Aiden Markram 51, Tony de Zorzi 39, Wiaan Mulder 34, Jayden Seales 6-61, Jomel Warrican 2-21, Gudakesh Motie 2-61)
West Indies 144 off 42.4 overs (Jason Holder 54*, Keacy Carty 26, Wiaan Mulder 4-18, Nandre Burger 3-49, Keshav Maharaj 2-8) & 222 off 66.2 overs (Gudakesh Motie 45, Kavem Hodge 29, Keshav Maharaj 3-37, Kagiso Rabada 3-50, Wiaan Mulder 2-35, Dane Piedt 2-50)