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#4 209 run loss to South Africa at Cape Town, 2004
This was one of the heaviest defeats ever suffered by the West Indies and after watching South Africa make merry in the first innings, no one could have predicted the West Indian collapse in the 2nd. Having chosen to bat first, South Africa played solidly and put up a score of 263 for 4, which was powered by an unbeaten 109 from legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis.
Considering the fact that the West Indies had the likes of Brian Lara, Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Sarwan in their line-up, they definitely had the wherewithal to chase down the target. However, South Africa’s fast bowlers led by Shaun Pollock, Andre Nel and Makhaya Ntini completely steamrolled their batsmen. The first wicket (Gayle) went down in the 5th over with the score on 10 and from then on it was a precession. Wickets kept tumbling and they were eventually all out for 54 in 23.2 overs. This particular loss remains one of the most infamous in West Indies’ history.
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