West Indies vs South Africa Tests Aug 2024: SA Win 1-0 — Keshav Maharaj 13 Wickets Player of Series, SA's 10th Consecutive Test Series Win Against West Indies, Maharaj Becomes SA's Most Successful Spinner

South Africa won the West Indies Test series August 2024 by 1-0. 1st Test Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad (Aug 7-11): Draw — SA 357 (Bavuma 86, de Zorzi 78; Warrican 4/69, Seales 3/67) & 173/3d (Stubbs 68); WI 233 & 201/5 (Athanaze 92; Maharaj 4/88). Athanaze's 92 in WI's 2nd innings denied SA a win. 2nd Test Providence Stadium, Guyana (Aug 15-17): SA won by 40 runs. Kagiso Rabada and Keshav Maharaj sealed the win. Maharaj 13 bilateral wickets — Player of the Series. Maharaj surpassed 171 Test wickets during the 2nd Test to become South Africa's all-time highest Test wicket-taker among spinners. SA's 10th consecutive Test series win against West Indies. Temba Bavuma captained South Africa; Kraigg Brathwaite captained West Indies.

Maharaj 13 Wickets and SA's All-Time Spin Record: Surpassing 171 Test Wickets

Keshav Maharaj taking 13 wickets across the 2-Test bilateral — winning Player of the Series — and during the Providence 2nd Test surpassing 171 Test wickets to become South Africa's most successful Test spinner in their bilateral history gave the August 2024 WI bilateral its individual bowling landmark: the left-arm spinner's career wicket milestone achieved in the same series that his 13-wicket bilateral collection produced SA's 1-0 series win (the Port of Spain drawn 1st Test and the Providence 40-run win 2nd Test). Maharaj's bilateral dominance — 4/88 in WI's 2nd innings at Port of Spain (not enough to prevent Athanaze's 92 saving the draw) and then his decisive wickets at Providence combining with Rabada to dismiss West Indies for 40 runs less than their target — confirmed that Maharaj's left-arm spin against Caribbean batting (away conditions for SA's bilateral travel) produced the bilateral bowling impact that his PoS 13-wicket collection and the career record confirmed.

Athanaze 92 Saves Port of Spain — Providence Win Seals SA's 10th Series

Alick Athanaze scoring 92 in West Indies' 2nd innings at Port of Spain (WI 201/5 at close — South Africa unable to bowl WI out before time and rain; the 1st Test finishing drawn despite SA setting a target with their 173/3 declared 2nd innings) gave the bilateral's drawn Test its West Indian batting individual: Athanaze's 92 — 8 runs short of a century — denying SA the bilateral series lead after the 1st Test. SA winning the 2nd Test at Providence by 40 runs — Rabada and Maharaj combining to dismiss WI for 40 fewer runs than their Providence target (exact target and WI 2nd innings score not available from available sources, but SA's 40-run winning margin confirmed) — gave SA the bilateral series 1-0 win that their 10th consecutive Test series win against West Indies confirmed: a bilateral run of success against WI that stretched across SA's bilateral programmes in the WTC 2021-23 and 2023-25 cycles.

WI vs SA Tests August 2024 in Context

South Africa's August 2024 West Indies bilateral — SA winning 1-0 (Port of Spain draw, Athanaze 92 saving WI; Providence SA win 40 runs; Maharaj 13 bilateral wickets, PoS, new SA spin record surpassing 171 Test wickets; SA 10th consecutive bilateral series win vs WI; Bavuma 86 Port of Spain; Rabada wickets) — continued SA's bilateral dominance against West Indies in the WTC 2023-25 cycle alongside their bilateral programme that included bilateral Tests against India, Bangladesh, and New Zealand in the same cycle. Kraigg Brathwaite captaining West Indies in a bilateral where Athanaze's 92 saved the Port of Spain 1st Test draw (the bilateral's closest WI came to a result) confirmed the bilateral competitive dynamic: West Indies' batting individually competitive (Athanaze 92 denying SA) but unable to convert the bilateral draw into a series result against SA's bowling (Maharaj's 13-wicket bilateral and Rabada's Providence wickets sealing the 40-run 2nd Test win).