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| |  Thursday, 3 May, 2001, 09:30 GMT 10:30 UK Back to winning ways  Jacques Kallis slashes Mervyn Dillon to the fence South African captain Shaun Pollock was happy to see a vast improvement from his team as they levelled the best-of-seven one-day series against the West Indies at 1-1. Click here A century by opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs paved the way to an eight-wicket win at Antigua's Recreation Ground - the venue where they wrapped up victory in the Test series earlier in the tour. "Antigua's been good to us," said Pollock. "We talked about a few things because obviously we weren't happy about the way we played in Jamaica. I thought we bowled well, but on the batting side we had a bit of improvement to do." He added: "The performance was good, although there's always room for improvement. I'd probably give the guys about eight out of 10 today." Gibbs scored 464 runs in the Test series at an average of over 51 without once reaching three figures.
"It's about time he got another hundred - it's taken a while. But you need one of the top four to go through and Herschelle played it really well. "He didn't have to take too many risks and picked up the singles superbly," Pollock commented. West Indies skipper Carl Hooper blamed a slow start by his batsman for their defeat. They could only total 220 and he said: "I think it was probably more of a 250-260 track and, as the South Africans showed us, it was a good wicket for batting on. It was always going to be a tall order to defend 220. "We've got to be more consistent, but it's only the second game - we've still got five to play and I'm optimistic we can still do well." There was tragedy after the game when spectator Craig Edwards was fatally stabbed. Police said he had been dancing to music in one of the stands when he became involved in an argument with another man. | | See also:  Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Other top West Indies v South Africa stories: Links to top West Indies v South Africa stories are at the foot of the page. | |
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