The tour marked the first-ever official Test and One Day International matches between the two teams.

For the West Indies, 3 players made their debuts — Jimmy Adams, David Williams and Kenny Benjamin.

The Barbados crowd had expected Anderson Cummins, a Barbadian and a local favourite, to make his debut in this match in front of his home fans.

Notable contributions came from Keith Arthurton (59), Desmond Haynes (58) and Richie Richardson (44), and Richard Snell picked up 4 wickets for South Africa.

After the loss of two early wickets to Curtly Ambrose, half-centuries from Kepler Wessels (74) and Peter Kirsten (52) steadied the South African innings.