'I would be half the bowler without my aggression' - Nel

Andre Nel, who bowled his side to a series win against West Indies in Barbados, was delighted with his career-best haul of 6 for 32, which included Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, as well as his match figures of 10 for 88, which earned him the Man-of-the-Match award.

South Africa won the Test by an innings and 86 runs and now lead the four-match series 2-0. "Obviously I'm really happy, but it hasn't sunk in yet," Nel was quoted by The Trinidad Express. "I really got my tail up when I got rid of Lara and Chanderpaul. After that, the skipper couldn't get the ball out of my hand.

Nel also mentioned his competition with his bowling partner, Makhaya Ntini, to capture the most wickets in the series. "After Guyana, I was three up, but when he got 13 in Trinidad I was way behind. Now I'm one ahead of him."

Speaking about his high level of aggression while bowling, Nel said, "I would be half the bowler without my aggression. But I'm learning to do other things, particularly [using] a variety of different deliveries to try and get batsmen out."

Graeme Smith, the South African captain, was relieved with the series win and said that it was a big step forward for his side, which has been through a rough patch in the last nine months. "We spoke at length at the start of the series about what it would take to capture 20 wickets in a Test. After the learning curve in Guyana, the guys never accepted the flat pitches out here and waited for the batsmen to make mistakes. They went out to make things happen, tried various things and bowled with a lot of aggression."

Bennett King, the West Indies coach, pointed out the differences between the two sides. "Their top four batsmen have been consistent and have scored most of their runs, and their bowlers have also been consistent, and have made our batsmen play a lot of shots," he said. "The way to take wickets on these pitches is to force batsmen to make mistakes, and the South Africans did that."