Shaun Pollock achieved the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets at The Wanderers yesterday and also gave South Africa a potentially decisive edge in the first Test against the West Indies.

The 25-year-old Pollock, playing in his 26th Test, wrapped up West Indies second innings at 170 with the wickets of Rawl Lewis and Courtney Walsh in three balls to reach the 100 mark, having previously scored his 1,000th run. Only Ian Botham (21), Vinoo Mankad (23) and Kapil Dev (25) have achieved the feat in fewer Tests.

Pollock's efforts left South Africa needing 164 on today's final day for victory. Resuming 13 runs ahead, the tourists quickly ran into trouble as Pollock and Allan Donald produced a fiery opening burst. Philo Wallace dragged on against Pollock in the second over, Brian Lara was trapped leg-before by one from Donald which kept low and Shivnarine Chanderpaul also fell lbw as West Indies lost five wickets before lunch.

Although Clayton Lambert lasted nearly three hours, he fell in the session's penultimate over, caught behind off the off-spinner Pat Symcox. Ridley Jacobs, making his debut as wicketkeeper at 31, and Carl Hooper, batting with a runner and down at number seven because he had been off the field with a groin strain, added 68 for the sixth wicket between lunch and tea, whereupon both lost their wickets in successive overs before the interval.

Symcox and Pollock snipped off the tail with the last three wickets falling without addition in four balls. Pollock's four for 49 gave him a match haul of nine for 103 and a welcome return to form after a moderate tour of England during the summer.

Pollock said he regarded reaching 100 wickets as more significant than 1000 runs but was nevertheless delighted to reach the double. "It is a bit special. The noise from the crowd when I was running in to bowl to Walsh was fantastic," Pollock said.

South Africa, unable to start their second innings because of rain and bad light, will be aware, on a pitch that has played lower and lower - there were five lbws in West Indies' second innings - that the target could prove more awkward than it looks.

Only once since their return from isolation in 1992 have they scored more than 164 to win a Test. Hansie Cronje, too, will be haunted by the memory of Bridgetown in 1993 when, in the only previous meeting between the sides, South Africa needed 79 to win on the last morning with eight wickets standing. Curtly Ambrose and Walsh claimed them for just 25 runs.

Although West Indies coach Malcolm Marshall was disappointed with his team's batting, he was confident his side could win their first Test match on South African soil.