BRISBANE — Centuries from Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla put Australia on the ropes before South Africa's bowlers landed some early blows of their own to leave the hosts struggling at 111 for three after the third day of the first Test Sunday. The tourists were reduced to 10 fit batsmen after an injury to JP Duminy but 147 from the evergreen Kallis and 104 from the in-form Amla helped them to an imposing first innings tally of 450. The much vaunted pace attack took over just after tea and, finding movement on the Gabba track that had evaded the Australians, removed opener David Warner (4), debutant Rob Quiney (9) and Ricky Ponting (0) in quick succession. Ed Cowan, who finished the day 49 not out, and captain Michael Clarke, unbeaten on 34, restored some stability to the Australia innings with a stand of 71 before stumps were drawn. Morne Morkel took 2-25 but Steyn perhaps had the bigger impact, tempting Warner into an outside edge that Kallis caught in the slips and, fielding at fine leg, flicking a Quiney hook shot back inside the boundary rope and catching it infield. Ponting exited after he had faced just five balls when he went for a Morkel delivery well outside his off stump and Kallis again took the catch in the slips to leave Australia on 40-3. Morkel had yet to concede a run and memories of last year's Cape Town test, where South Africa bowled Australia out for 47, were surely flashing through the minds of both teams. The tourists had resumed on 255 for two after the second day had been washed away by rain and Amla soon had the 10 runs he needed for his 17th Test hundred, a third in his last four Tests. Amla had added just one more run to his tally when a Peter Siddle ball caught him high on the pad and umpire Asad Rauf sent him back to the pavilion. In the next over, Kallis smacked two runs through midwicket to bring up his 44th Test hundred. — Reuters
Scoreboard
South Africa (1st Innings) Smith lbw b Pattinson 10 Petersen c Hussey b Lyon 64 Amla lbw b Siddle 104 Kallis c Quiney b Pattinson 147 De Villiers c Warner b Pattinson 40 Rudolph c Quiney b Lyon 31 Philander c Clarke b Siddle 11 Steyn c Wade b Hilfenhaus 15 Kleinveldt not out 17 Morkel c Siddle b Hilfenhaus 00 Duminy absent hurt Extras (b1, lb1, w3, nb6) 11 Total (9 wkts, 151.4 overs) 450 Falls: 1-29 (Smith), 2-119 (Petersen), 3-284 (Amla), 4-374 (Kallis), 5-377 (De Villiers), 6-403 (Philander), 7-426 (Rudolph), 8-446 (Steyn), 9-450 (Morkel) Bowling: Hilfenhaus 32.4-9-73-2 (1w), Pattinson 34-6-93-3 (2w, 3nb), Siddle 36-6-111-2 (3nb), Lyon 37-4-136-2, Hussey 4-0-21-0, Quiney 7-3-10-0, Clarke 1-0-4-0 Australia (1st Innings) Cowan not out 49 Warner c Kallis b Steyn 04 Quiney c Steyn b Morkel 09 Ponting c Kallis b Morkel 00 Clarke not out 34 Extras (lb8, nb7) 15 Total (3 wkts, 26 overs) 111 Falls: 1-13 (Warner), 2-30 (Quiney), 3-40 (Ponting). Bowling: Steyn 8-2-27-1, Philander 8-0-24-0 (2nb), Morkel 7-1-25-2 (1nb), Kleinveldt 3-0-27-0 (4nb).
