West Indies vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

As a snapshot of the cause of Test cricket's inexorable limp towards irrelevance, the 22 dull and dreary yards at the centre of this match should be kept in sharp focus

West Indies finished on 201/5 in chase of 298 on the final day

West Indies lost four wickets on a rain-hit Day 3 after SA folded for 357

No grass, no pace, no bounce - the surface at the Queens Park Oval was central to the attritional brand of cricket played on Day 2

Only 15 overs were possible on the opening day with South Africa getting to 45/1

The visitors' chief challenge will be to reacquaint themselves with a format they last played almost six months ago