The West Indies face a daunting task when they take on South Africa in the second Test at Port Elizabeth's St George's Park on Friday.
The tourists were outplayed in the first Test at Centurion, where they were beaten by an innings and 220 runs, with the match ending before lunch on the fourth day.
It was such a one-sided contest that South Africa will again be strong favourites, even though there are several factors that favour the West Indians in Port Elizabeth, where the pitches usually offer minimal seam movement and less pace than other South African venues.
It was in the coastal city seven years ago that the West Indies gained their only win in 13 Test matches in South Africa.
Three of the current squad played significant roles, with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (104) and Marlon Samuels (94) the mainstays of a strong first innings, while fast bowler Jerome Taylor had match figures of six for 112.
Chanderpaul played down the significance of conditions at St George's Park when he spoke to journalists on Tuesday.
He agreed with South African batsman Faf du Plessis that the West Indies tended to blow "hot and cold" and attributed the 2007 win to the fact that "we had a good match".
"We know we are much better than we showed at Centurion," said Chanderpaul but he acknowledged the difficulties of taking on what he described as "the best bowling attack in the world".
Chanderpaul and Samuels will again be key players in what appears to be a fragile West Indian batting order.
Both will be seeking to improve on their performances in Centurion where Samuels made 33 and 17, while Chanderpaul was out for 21 and four.
Teams:
South Africa (likely): Hashim Amla (capt), Alviro Petersen, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (wkt), Stiaan van Zyl, Temba Bavuma, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir
West Indies (from): Denesh Ramdin (capt, wkt), Kraigg Brathwaite, Devon Smith, Leon Johnson, Marlon Samuels, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Jermaine Blackwood, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Sheldon Cottrell, Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel, Narsingh Deonarine, Kenroy Peters, Chadwick Walton (wkt).
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL), Paul Reiffel (AUS)
TV umpire: Aleem Dar (PAK)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)
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