Quinton de Kock flailed a flagging attack as he hit an unbeaten 141 to lift South Africa to a first innings total of 322 and a commanding lead at tea on the second day of the first Test in St Lucia on Friday. When Lungi Ngidi was last man out with South Africa 225 runs ahead, the teams took an early tea. De Kock was the not out batsman after adding 100 runs with four tail-enders who scored 11 runs between them. 

After struggling in the previous four Test matches with the burden of captaincy, de Kock seemed more at ease without that responsibility. After a comparatively sedate morning session at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground he exploded into an array of attacking shots in the afternoon reaching a sixth Test century and first against the West Indies.