Australia pacers put them on top

Mar 06, 2014

After Australia declared on their overnight score of 494 for 7, Ryan Harris removed Graeme Smith early, for 5•Getty Images

Alviro Petersen stayed on at the other end, joined by Hashim Amla, and took SA towards 100 with his eighth Test fifty•Getty Images

In only the fourth over of the second session, AB de Villiers handed a catch to Michael Clarke and the hosts were in trouble at 133 for 5•Getty Images

…And Vernon Philander partnered him for a partnership of 95•Getty Images

Dean Elgar did not survive for too long either, caught behind off James Pattinson•Getty Images

But Mitchell Johnson broke the stand of 53, getting Petersen caught behind down the leg side•Getty Images

An in-form Harris was not done yet, he removed JP Duminy cheaply, as Brad Haddin took his fourth catch•Getty Images

A relentless Johnson sent du Plessis back and took one more wicket to wrap up South Africa for 287, giving his team a lead of 207 runs•Getty Images

And when it looked like Amla was headed for a comfortable fifty, he was cleaned up by Harris for 38 just before lunch•Getty Images

Faf du Plessis resisted for over two hours, bringing up his half-century...•Associated Press

David Warner and Chris Rogers played six overs before stumps, in which Warner crunched four boundaries, and scored 27 runs•Getty Images