The visitors commenced day two, 15 minutes late after morning showers and with the score on 296 for 3.
The captain, Graeme Smith, had plundered 132 on the opening day and there was more misery in store for the Windies bowlers and fielders.
The 34 year-old master batsman, Jacques Kallis, moved from 45 overnight to join Smith as a century maker – then AB de Villiers followed to become the third centurion as the South Africans ran riot on the flat pitch.
The Proteas batsmen mostly gorged themselves and after tea had had enough and declared on 543 for 6 from 147 overs of batting. The West Indies bowling was led by the rookie off spinner, Dominican Shane Shillingford who took 3 for 193 from 52 overs.
The West Indies reached 86 for 1 when bad light ended play prematurely with Captain Chris Gayle, on 42 from 69 deliveries. The big left hander’s innings included seven fours including two thunderous drives through mid-off, off Morne Morkel.
Partnering Gayle is the Shivnarine Chanderpaulesque left hander, Narsingh Deonarine, who is on 33, having faced 56 deliveries. The Guyanese struck two boundaries and one enormous six off Paul Harris’ left arm spin.
The pair came together for a 73 run second wicket stand following the under-pressure Travis Dowlin’s (10) dismissal to a catch at slip by de Villiers off the gangly Morkel’s bowling.
Earlier Kallis sauntered from 45 to 99 by lunch and duly registered his 35th Test century shortly after the interval. The triple figure score required 217 deliveries and included 11 fours and a six as he drove, pulled and belted the ball about the park with gay abandon as he needed not fear that the pitch would provide any demonic deliveries. The Windies bowlers aided him by regularly bowling loose lines and gratifying lengths which encouraged punishing strokeplay. Kallis was only too happy to oblige.
De Villiers’ innings was even more rushed than Kallis’ as he got to his century from a mere 130 balls and hit 13 fours and three sixes, the third of which brought up the landmark.
After reaching his 10th career century, de Villiers struck another three maximums as he continued to devour the Windies bowling like a man possessed. The only interruption to his innings was a five minute bathroom break in the middle of the post-lunch session just after he achieved the ton. The amused players and umpires were made to stand around in the middle and wait for the right hander to dash off the field and relieve himself before returning to plaster the Windies bowling further.
Shillingford toiled tirelessly and was rewarded with three wickets while his spin partner, Sulieman Benn, bowled 30 overs and took the wicket of Ashwell Prince (9) for the cost of 124 runs.
The West Indies are 457 runs behind South Africa with nine wickets in hand and 257 runs in arrears of the follow total of 343.
