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South African allrounder Shaun Pollock bid a stirring farewell to his home crowd in the one-day international against the West Indies yesterday.
Durban-born Pollock, 34, who will retire from international cricket after the series, gave the crowd what it was baying for when he slashed Dwayne Bravo to the backward point boundary to score the winning runs in South Africa's five-wicket victory, giving them a 4-0 lead in the five match series.
"We all wanted him to do so well today and there were lots of times, especially when he was bowling his last over, when he was very emotional," captain Graeme Smith told a news conference.
"It worked perfectly that he was able to go in and finish the game like he did."
Pollock, who made his international debut more than 12 years ago, will play his last match for South Africa in the fifth and final game of the series in Johannesburg tonight.
After he hit the winning runs, Pollock, still wearing his pads, spent several minutes acknowledging the capacity crowd's standing ovation.
However, while he hit the winning runs, South Africa's comfortable victory - achieved with two overs to spare - was set up by a 77 from AB de Villiers off 86 balls and a hard-hitting 50 from Smith, off 37 balls.
Earlier, a career-best 43 off 21 balls from Jerome Taylor boosted the West Indies to what seemed a defendable total of 263 for nine.
The tail-ender smashed his unbeaten score of 43 with five fours and two sixes after the visitors won the toss and chose to bat.
Taylor helped the West Indies recover after their middle order squandered the team's solid start made by Brenton Parchment and Sewnarine Chattergoon, who put on 97 for the first wicket.
