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On the 2nd Day, Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith stood firmly against the Aussies attack in one of the quickest century stands ever in Test cricket to enable South Africa take control of the series-deciding match. The 178-run second-wicket partnership made everyone amazed about the current changing condition of the pitch that made batsmen suffer since the match started.
Australia resumed Day 2 at 33-2. Dale Steyn took a pair of wickets and Australia slumped to 45-6, and returned 4-40 for the innings, belatedly making his mark on the series. Robin Peterson took the last three Australian wickets with his left-arm orthodox spin after Matthew Wade’s rearguard 68 came to an end.
Opener David Warner (13) was caught behind, playing rashly outside off stump to Steyn to spark a half hour of carnage and a collapse of 4-11 — including the wickets of ex-captain Ricky Ponting (4) in lbw and skipper Michael Clarke (5). Then the night watchman Nathan Lyon was out two balls later, slicing Steyn to du Plessis at gully.
Australia’s position gets worse when Clarke got an edge to a perfect away swinger from Steyn to make the total 45-6. But Wade recovered to share partnerships of 55 with Mike Hussey (12) and 40 with Hastings (32) to drag the hosts to 140-8. Wade was also dismissed for further collapse. Then Peterson bowled Johnson (7).
South Africa made 225 on day one and the hosts responded with 163 on day two. Smith and Amla partnered after Alviro Petersen (23) got out while playing aggressively when Mitchell Johnson sprinted almost the length of the pitch to pouch an athletic return catch that lobbed off the shoulder of the his bat. Amla-Smith stand finally ended when the South Africa skipper pulled Mitch Starc over square leg and Nathan Lyon ran in from the deep to grasp a diving catch of Smith at 84, just millimeters above the ground. Amla was unbeaten on 99 and Jacques Kallis was not out 17 to help lift the tourists to 230-2 at stumps, with an overall lead of 292.
Three extraordinary catches led to wickets on the second evening. Alviro Petersen took a hopping, juggling catch on the long-off boundary rope to remove John Hastings and end the Australian innings 22 minutes before tea.
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