Australia led by 148 on the first innings and were quickly into their stride the second time around when Justin Langer steered Makhaya Ntini through the gully area for four.

Terbrugge had taken a wicket with his first ball in the first innings and, after a confident lbw appeal against Hayden in his first over, struck with his sixth ball when Hayden drove a wide one straight to Ashwell Prince at point. Hayden had not scored and Australia were 4 for one.

Langer took another three boundaries off Ntini’s second over, two down to third man and the third to fine leg as he moved quickly to 18, but when he tried the last ball of Terbrugge’s second over, the outside edge was picked up by Mark Boucher moving in front of first slip.

Australia were two down for 19 with tea approaching and Ricky Ponting and Mark Waugh took Australia through the interval with Ponting on 2 and Waugh still to score.

Makhaya Ntini flailed cheerfully around for a quarter-of-an-hour, hitting a six and two fours as he made 14 before lofting as high catch to Glenn McGrath at long on off Shane Warne at 167 for nine while David Terbrugge lasted only two balls before he was caught behind off Brett Lee without addition to the score.

Andrew Hall was the not out batsmen on 27 with Warne ending with four for 33 and Lee four for 82.

South Africa, 119 for seven after Warne’s double strike, were 148 for eight when afternoon drinks were taken with Andrew Hall not out on 22.

Warne’s breathrough came in the second over after the lunch break when, with his second ball, he had Ashwell Prince swatting a waist-high full toss to Brett Lee at mid on. Prince had been at the wicket for over half-an-hour without getting off the mark and his dismissal appeared to be caused by a growing anxiety at his failure to score.

Four balls later Warne sent Mark Boucher on his way after taking a return catch spooned back at him off a leading edge. With neither Prince nor Boucher bothering the scorers, the confident start given South Africa by their openers on Friday evening seemed an age ago.

After having 17 taken off his first two overs, Warne had taken three for four in his next eight overs.

McKenzie, meanwhile, was keeping his end up and after a cautious start, Hall suddenly took four boundaries off five balls from Brett Lee, the fourth coming off a top edge high over the wicketkeeper’s head. Lee’s response was a short one that kicked up at Hall and took the splice before falling short of gully.

Lee, however, ended the stand in the drinks over when Damien Martyn leapt high at point to hold a magnificent left-handed catch to dismiss McKenzie for 25. It was an extraordinary effort, pulled down from the tips of his fingers and the batsman stood for several moments in disbelief before departing.

After three wickets had fallen in the first hour, South Africa seemed to rediscover their way when Shane Warne came into the attack from the Umgeni end. Neil McKenzie got off the mark by hitting a full toss over midwicket for six and Jacques Kallis took two boundaries off the legspinner as Warne conceded 17 off his first two overs.

But Warne had his revenge in his third over when Kallis offered up a simple return catch and the fifth South African wicket had fallen at 109. Kallis made 16 in 51 minutes at the crease.

After the flurry of runs that had come off Warne, South Africa’s scoring dried up almost completely. McKenzie hit one boundary uppishly through the covers off Jason Gillespie, but Ashwell Prince had still not opened his account after 27 minutes at the crease when lunch was taken.

McKenzie had 14 and between them the pair had added only six in the last 6.1 overs of the session.

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South Africa had resumed on 48 for one, having lost Gary Kirsten two balls before play was called off because of bad light on Friday. Herschelle Gibbs brought up the 50 in the second over of the day, hitting Brett Lee through the covers off the back foot and punished both Australian quicks with a succession of handsome drives and pulls.

But with the score on 74, nightwatchman Paul Adams perished as he steered Lee into the gully for Matthew Hayden to take a wonderful catch, lunging, low-down and one-handed to his left.

Adams made 6 and his replacement, Graeme Smith, picked up only a single before was caught at the wicket by Adam Gilchrist, cutting at a short, wide one from McGrath at 75 for three.

With Jacques Kallis now at the crease, Gibbs went to his 50 off just 59 deliveries with his 10th boundary, another clean hit through the covers off Lee. But when Gillespie replaced McGRath at the Old Fort Road end, he had Gibbs with his fourth ball, touching a catch to Gilchrist as he played away from his body on the back foot.

He was out for 51 to leave Kallis unbeaten at 2 at drinks with Neil McKenzie on his way to the wicket.