Australia v South Africa, 1st Test, Perth, 3rd day

Australia finished the 3rd day of the 1st test match against the South African at WACA with a 2nd innings score of 228 for 7. This puts them 322 runs up on the Proteas. However, at one stage it looked unlikely as Australia was struggling with 88 for 4. After an initial recovery work from Michael Clark & Andrew Symonds another quick succession of wickets reduced the Aussies to 162 for 7. At that time Haddin & Krejza step up and their unbeaten 66 run patnership put Australia in the current strong position.

Earlier, Mitchell Johnson narrowly missed recording the best bowling figures by an Australian in Test history, finishing with 8-61. Peter Siddle took the final wicket to fall as the Proteas were bowled out for 281, robbing Johnson of the chance to better the figures of Australian leg-spinner Arthur Mailey who took 9-121 in the fourth Test against England at the MCG in 1921. Johnson's eight-wicket haul was the best figures by a left-arm bowler in Test history. Johnson got his eighth wicket when Steyn could not keep his gloves out of the way of a short ball, but Siddle claimed the final wicket to fall, that of Mark Boucher, when he got caught slashing to point.