Coach Richard Pybus has called on Pakistan's batsmen to take responsibility if they are to recover from Sunday's first Test defeat to South Africa.

The home side completed a comprehensive 10-wicket win before lunch on the fourth day in Durban, after Pakistan conceded a first innings deficit of 207.

Although Pakistani batsmen passed 20 eight times, none managed to go on to make a half-century in either innings.

We changed our game plan and bowled a bit shorter, and it worked Shaun Pollock

The second and final Test starts in Cape Town on 2 January, with South Africa set to clinch top spot in the ICC Test Championship if they win.

"We need to take a long look in the mirror before we go out and play in Cape Town," Pybus said.

"There's no excuse for getting out once you've got a start, and we need to take responsibility for the way we batted here."

Captain Waqar Younis agreed, saying: "Batsmen got into the 20s and 30s and then played silly shots."

But Waqar was also disappointed that his bowlers had failed to capitalise after he won the toss and asked South Africa to bat.

"We weren't putting the ball in the right places and we let them get away with it," he went on.

Shaun Pollock said he had been shocked at Pakistan's lacklustre batting in the first innings.

But the South Africa captain said he knew the visitors would struggle after slumping to 120 for eight on the second day.

South Africa named their World Cup 15 after the match

"It was surprising, especially when you've got the experience of Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana and Younis Khan," Pollock went on.

"It was always going to be hard for them to fight back from that position, and we were able to keep the pressure on."

But Pollock paid tribute to his bowlers for notching up a South African record sixth consecutive Test victory.

"We changed our game plan and bowled a bit shorter, and it worked, particularly in the first innings," he said.

"We used the bounce effectively and kept them on the back foot."

South Africa announced their 15-man World Cup squad after the match, keeping faith in veteran Gary Kirsten ahead of Test opener Graeme Smith.