Cronje says whitewash will be difficult

``I've been taking it one match at a time,'' he said. ``I didn't expect to win four in a row. There is still a lot of hard work ahead.

``Our bowlers are getting more tired and it will be important for everyone to arrive at Centurion Park feeling fresh if we are to win all five.''

The fifth Test starts at Centurion on January 15. South Africa named an unchanged squad of 12 after their 149-run win.

Allan Donald, who did not bowl in the second innings at Newlands because of a strained left hamstring, will have to pass a fitness test. Lance Klusener is standing by if he is unable to turn out.

Selection convenor Peter Pollock said four players had been ordered to rest from domestic matches this weekend. They are Donald, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis and Cronje.

West Indian captain Brian Lara said the lower order batsmen had shown the resolve needed by the top batsmen as they took the side from 93 for six to 271 all out Wednesday.

``If the top order batsmen had done better we wouldn't be 4-0 down in the series,'' he said.

Lara said the West Indies would not give up. ``We still have another Test match, seven one-day matches and then a very important Test series against Australia,'' he said.

West Indian manager Clive Lloyd, who was captain when West Indies last lost four successive matches in a series at the beginning of what became a successful captaincy career, said: ``We have been beaten by a better team.''

Lloyd said the fight shown by the lower order batsmen Wednesday needed to be repeated. ``There is a lot more cricket to play, leading up to the World Cup in England in May and June.''

The South African squad for the fifth Test at Centurion from January 15 to 19 is:

Hansie Cronje (captain), Gary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Daryll Cullinan, Jonty Rhodes, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Allan Donald, David Terbrugge, Paul Adams, Lance Klusener.