South Africa vs. Australia, 2nd Test, Day 3: Video Highlights, Scorecard, Report

South Africa's hold on the second Test against Australia grew stronger on Day 3, with the home side building a dominant lead at Port Elizabeth.

Australia resumed their first innings on Saturday at 112-4, with David Warner starting the day unbeaten on 65, but the tourists were dismissed for 246 after lunch in reply to South Africa's total of 423.

It was enough to avoid the follow-on, but by the end of the day, South Africa had raced to 192-4 in their second innings, which meant for a lead of 369 with six wickets remaining.

Australia's first innings still held hope with Warner at the crease, but he added just five runs to his overnight score before being dismissed by Vernon Philander for 70.

Steven Smith fell one run short of his half-century, with Mitchell Johnson and Ryan Harris weighing in with scores in the 20s to see Australia past the follow-on mark.

Philander and Morne Morkel were the stars of the South Africa attack, taking 3-68 and 3-63, respectively.

TOTAL	ALL OUT		246	(57 overs)
Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Minutes	Balls
Rogers	lbw	b Philander	5	16	12
Warner	c Smith	b Philander	70	142	78
Doolan	c AB de Villiers	b Parnell	8	25	15
S Marsh	c AB de Villiers	b Parnell	0		2
Clarke	c Elgar	b Philander	19	38	28
Lyon		b M Morkel	15	59	43
Smith	c AB de Villiers	b M Morkel	49	101	72
Haddin		b Steyn	9	52	25
Johnson		b Duminy	27	37	23
Harris	c du Plessis	b M Morkel	26	40	26
Siddle	not out		11	33	19
Extras	0nb 1w 4b 4lb		9
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Steyn	13.0	3	55	1
Philander	13.0	0	68	3
Morkel	17.0	0	63	3
Parnell	8.3	2	31	2
Elgar	0.3	0	1	0
Duminy	5.0	0	24	1

South Africa lost both openers early in the second innings to give Australia hope. Graeme Smith and Dean Elgar were gone before the home side had reached 50, but Hashim Amla came to the crease in a hungry mood.

The No. 3 raced to 93 not out from 126 balls, striking 12 fours in an aggressive knock that was exactly what South Africa needed.

Despite losing two more wickets before stumps—with Johnson and Peter Siddle sharing four wickets between them—South Africa ended the day on 192-4 and with a fine platform to attack from on Sunday.

Total		192-4	(47 overs)
Batsman	Dismissal	Bowler	Runs	Mins
Smith		b Johnson	14	18
Elgar	c Haddin	b Siddle	16	53
Amla	not out		93	197
du Plessis	c Haddin	b Siddle	24	62
AB de Villiers	c Haddin	b Johnson	29	47
de Kock	not out		9	46
Extras	0nb 0w 2b 5lb	7		Extras
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Johnson	12.0	0	48	2
Harris	10.0	1	53	0
Lyon	12.0	2	31	0
Siddle	13.0	2	53	2

Only twice before have Australia chased down a total of 369 or higher—as per Cricinfo—and it seems the very best they can hope for is a draw now.

To achieve that they'll need to put up a far better batting performance than the one mounted in their first innings at Port Elizabeth.