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South Africa are just six wickets away from victory at the WACA, holding a massive 370-run advantage at stumps on Day 4.
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Score at end of day
Australia 244 and 4/169
South Africa 242 and 540 declared
Another dominant day by South Africa on Day 3 of the Test match sees them holding a strong position over their Australian rivals. Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the fourth day of the first Test from 1:30pm (AEDT).
After a poor first innings with the bat, the South Africans showed their class on the third day to finish 6/390 at stumps, giving them a lead of 388 with two days still to play.
With the state of play poised evenly heading into the day, the South Africans seemed to grab the game by the scruff of the neck as they forced the Australian bowlers to toil all day in the hot Perth sun.
The key to the South Africans’ dominance on day three was a 250-run partnership between Dean Elgar and JP Duminy who made 127 and 141 respectively.
Despite the tough day, Peter Siddle was at his economical best as he finished with 2/47 off 22 overs at stumps, while Josh Hazlewood is the only other multiple wicket-taker so far with 2/97.
With two whole days still to play, don’t expect the South Africans to rush things early on Day 4 as Vernon Philander and Quinton de Kock will look to take full advantage of the conditions and get themselves set and then get their team’s lead above 400.
The mindset of the Australians will also be intriguing as they will still fancy their chances if they can wrap up the South African tail quickly.
The key man for South Africa early on Day 4 will be de Kock who showed in the first innings that he knows how to score quickly.
While on the flip side, the Australians will be looking to their spearhead Mitchell Starc to produce his usual array of death bowling to clean up the lower order.
If South Africa are able to continue their innings deep into the fourth day, the timing of a possible declaration will be interesting as they are a bowler down with the injury to Dale Steyn.
Either way, the South Africans are in a strong position and the Australians will have to pull out something special to avoid being set a monumental final innings run chase.
Be sure to join us on The Roar from 1:30pm (AEDT) to see how the day plays out.
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