DURBAN, South Africa (CMC):

Experienced batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul and deputy skipper Dwayne Bravo led the West Indies batting and bowling averages respectively in their losing Test series against South Africa.

Stricken by the flu, Chanderpaul was unable to bat in the West Indies' second innings on Saturday but still gathered a team second-best 247 runs at a first-rate average of 82.33.

Bravo captured 10 wickets at 20.30 runs apiece to lead the West Indies bowlers.

Chanderpaul smashed a personal series best 104 when the West Indies scored a shocking 128-run victory over the World No.2 South Africa in the first match in Port Elizabeth.

Marlon Samuels, the only player in the series - on either side - to score more than 300 runs, led the aggregate with 314 runs and he was second in the Caribbean side's batting average behind Chanderpaul at 52.33.

Injury

Captain Chris Gayle missed the last Test match with a hamstring injury plus a fractured finger and averaged 44.75 from four innings while gathering 179 runs to finish third in the West Indies averages.

All-rounder Darren Sammy (21.50) and Jerome Taylor (20.40) finished fourth and fifth, ahead of more recognised batsmen Bravo (20.33) and Daren Ganga (19.50).

Closest to medium-pacer Bravo in the bowling category was leg-spinner Rawl Lewis, who played just one Test match, claiming three wickets at 22.66 apiece.

Fast bowler Jerome Taylor was the second-highest wicket-taker, snaring nine at 31.77 for third in the averages.

South Africa rallied from their first-Test upset loss, to win the second match by seven wickets and the third by an innings and 100 runs to take the series 2-1.

The tour resumes Friday with the second Twenty20 international, followed by the five-match One Day International (ODI) series, with games slated for January 20, 25 and 27, and February 1 and 3.