South Africa completed a two-nil Test series victory over the West Indies in Gros Islet, St Lucia, on Monday.
The Proteas won the first Test by an innings and 63 runs and the second by 158 runs.
Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje shared 27 wickets throughout.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock was named player of the series on the back of a century in the first Test and 96 in the second.
This was opening batsman Dean Elgar’s first series as full-time Test captain. He succeeded former Test captain Faf du Plessis earlier this year.
“What a great start to the Elgar era,” said Cricket South Africa acting chief executive officer Pholetsi Moseki.
“The Proteas have been well served by its Test captains over the past 30 years and Dean has made a good start to continuing that tradition. Congratulations to him, head coach Mark Boucher and all the players and support staff.
“It is an outcome that augurs extremely well for the future and is a good starting point in getting the Proteas back where they belong in the upper regions of the International Cricket Council’s Test match rankings.
“It was a good team effort with significant contributions all the way through the playing XI. It was good to see the senior players taking the lead both with bat and ball.
“Particular congratulations go to Quinton and we had several other strong candidates for this honour from our world-class bowling attack as well.
Keshav Maharaj hat-trick
Spinner Keshav Maharaj took a hat-trick in the second Test. He became the first South African to secure the feat in the longest format of the international game in six decades.
“Special mention must be made of Keshav’s achievement of providing the 46th instance of a hat-trick in the history of Test match cricket,” added Moseki.
Not sure people realize how hard @keshavmaharaj16 works at his game. So happy he could get some of the limelight in this test. Well done dude!
— paul harris (@paulharris12) June 21, 2021
Batsmen Kyle Verreynne and Keegan Petersen welcomed Test debuts in St Lucia.