Dramatic collapse by Proteas
2006-03-26 15:20
Durban - Australia seized the initiative after lunch on the third day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Sunday, and South Africa suffered a dramatic collapse, losing six wickets to be all out for 267 - trailing Australia by 102 runs.
Jacques Rudolph was first to go, in the sixth over after lunch, when he got a bat/pad to Shane Warne, and was caught at square leg by Michael Hussey.
But it was the new ball that did the real damage. Stuart Clark, who took nine wickets in the Test in Cape Town, caught centurion Jacques Kallis off his own bowling in his first over with the new ball.
Kallis, who scored 114, was at the crease for five hours and 45 minutes and faced 223 balls.
With Kallis gone, the rest of the South Africans formed a procession. Shaun Pollock was brilliantly caught by Adam Gilchrist off Brett Lee for one run.
Lee bowled Mark Boucher for 19 in his next over to claim his 200th Test wicket.
Andre Nel hit a four off Lee, but Lee had him caught in the gully by Matthew Hayden for five in his next over. Makhaya Ntini went out first ball, caught by Ricky Ponting off Lee, and Lee will be on a hat-trick when he opens the bowling in South Africa's second innings.
- SAPA