South African captain Shaun Pollock was naturally delighted after his side clinched the one-day series against the West Indies.

South Africa's seven-wicket victory in the fifth one-day international gave the tourists an unassailable 4-1 lead in the seven-match series.

"There were two goals for us when we came here - to win the Test series and then the one-dayers - and we've managed to achieve that, so all credit to the guys," Pollock said.

"They've played superbly well in the past four games and looked a class act.

"We decided to discuss it with the guys and we said that we were going to treat this game as a World Cup final.

"This is where we wanted the one-day series to end and we wanted to make sure we finished it off here."

West Indies captain Carl Hooper was philosophical in defeat and determined to keep looking to the future.

"Such is life - we move on," Hooper said. "We've got to hold our heads up high and we will come through.

"This is the best group of players that we've got and the point is that we can gauge from the games we've played against South Africa exactly where we are and where we want to go.

"South Africa are a brilliant fielding side, disciplined with the bat and ball and these are things we can learn.

"It's been a tough series and we've tried our best. That's all I can ask from the lads. We've got to keep going to the end of the series."