Proteas perched comfortably

Dale knocked off the top of the South African order with a fine display of swing bowling, finishing with 3-45. Badly in need of a convincing innings, Bacher, however, failed .

SCOREBOARD

South Africa first innings: A Bacher c Gilchrist b Dale 5, G Kirsten c Law b Dale 79, J Kallis c Gilchrist b Dale 6, D Cullinan lbw b Macgill 43, H Gibbs c Hayden b Bevan 54, H Cronje batting 20, B McMillan c Hayden b Wilson 5, S Pollock lbw b Law 17, D Richardson batting 2; Extras lb-1, nb-10 11; Total for seven wickets 242

Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-28, 3-110, 4-159, 5-200, 6-215, 7-236.

Bowling: Wilson 17-7-34-1, Dale 20-5-45-3 nb-1, Lee 18-5-45-0 nb-8, Law 7-2-15-1, Macgill 21-6-59-1 nb-1, Bevan 10-3-43-1.