Played at Newlands, Cape Town, on 2,3,4,5,6 January 1999 (5-day match)

Result South Africa won by 149 runs

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa led the 5-match series 4-0

Player of the match JH Kallis (South Africa)

Umpires DL Orchard and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire CJ Mitchley
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Close of play
2 Jan day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 282/2 (JH Kallis 102*, DJ Cullinan 122*, 90 ov)
3 Jan day 2 - West Indies 1st innings 89/4 (CL Hooper 53*, D Ganga 16*, 33 ov)
4 Jan day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 91/3 (JH Kallis 28*, WJ Cronje 32*, 38 ov)
5 Jan day 4 - West Indies 2nd innings 93/6 (RD Jacobs 0*, OD Gibson 6*, 40 ov)
6 Jan day 5 - West Indies 2nd innings 271 (91.4 ov) - end of match

• Day 1
• Ambrose becomes the 9th bowler to take 350 test wickets
• Cullinan scores his 2,500th test run, and becomes the 6th highest South African
• Kallis and Cullinan score RSA's best 3rd wicket partnership at Newlands
• Kallis and Cullinan score RSA's best 3rd wicket partnership since re-admission
• Paid attendance 17,100

• Day 2
• Cullinan's passes his highest test score, and the highest against West Indies
• Cullinan and Kallis set a new South African 3rd wicket partnership for home tests
• Donald equals Roy McLean's record of 11 ducks for South Africa
• South Africa recorded the first total of 400 in Tests between these two countries
• Ambrose pulled a hamstring while bowling his 25th over. Over completed by McLean
• Donald left the field after bowling 5 overs - slight hamstring strain
• Paid attendance 16,700

• Day 3
• Hooper scores his 4,000th test run. His score of 86 was the highest by a West Indian batsmen against South Africa in Tests.
• Hooper and Ganga score West Indies best 5th wicket partnership in Tests vs South Africa.
• Ambrose batted with a runner (Ganga)
• Gibson made his highest Test score (previously 28 vs England at Lord's, 1995)
• Paid attendance 13,535

• Day 4
• Kallis and Cronje set a new South African 4th wicket partnership record for Tests vs West Indies
• McLean achieved his best bowling in Tests (previously 2/46 vs England at Port-of-Spain, 1997/98)
• Donald took the field, but did not bowl
• Paid attendance 11,245

• Day 5
• Lunch WI 199/8 (Jacobs 40, Ambrose 15, 73 overs)
• Jacobs scored a maiden Test 50 (previous highest score 42 vs South Africa at Johannesburg, 1998/99)
• McLean achieved his highest Test score (Previously 31 vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 1998/99)
• Dillon achieved his highest Test score (Previously 21 vs India at Bridgetown, 1996/97)
• The last 3 wicket partnerships of 65 (Jacobs and McLean, 8th), 34 (Jacobs and Ambrose, 9th) and 64 (Jacobs and Dillon, 10th) were all new records for West Indies vs South Africa in Tests
• The 10th wicket partnership by Jacobs and Dillon is the first 50 partnership conceded by South Africa in Tests at Newlands (Previous best 49* by AE Dick & FJ Cameron for New Zealand, 1961/62)
• Kallis took 5 wickets in an innings for the first time in Tests (Previous best 4/24 vs England at Lord's, 1998). It was also his best bowling in South African domestic First Class cricket
• Man of the Match adjudicator - CC Hunte
• Paid attendance 7,200