It would prove to be a fruitless outing for the tourists from the start as Rilee Rossouw and Hashim Amla posted South Africa's highest ever score (247) from an opening partnership.
The removal of Rossouw for 128 only served to bring De Villiers to the crease, though, and the right-hander went on to make the quickest ever ODI half-century (16 balls) and he backed that up by breaking the world record to reach a century (31 balls).
In response to the mammoth victory target, the Windies started brightly through Dwayne Smith, who made 64, but the big-hitting Chris Gayle could only muster a return of 19 runs before he was caught by Farhaan Behardien.
Wickets then proceeded to fall at regular intervals, with the away side eventually ending on 291-7, which has seen South Africa open up a 2-0 series lead.
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