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Adelaide: South Africa gave themselves an outside winning chance in the second Adelaide Test with five Australian wickets late on the third day on Saturday.
The Australians, leading by 162 runs after the first innings, were sailing along at 77 without loss before a tumble of wickets gave the Proteas renewed heart with two days left.
At the close, Australia were 111 for five with first innings double centurion Michael Clarke on nine and Mike Hussey not out five. That gave the home side a lead of 273 with five wickets left.
Rory Kleinveldt bowled his team back into the contest with three wickets in 18 balls and Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel grabbed one each to add an edge to the contest.
South Africa had been facing the possibility of a huge run chase. The biggest successful chase at the Adelaide Oval was 315, which Australia achieved to overhaul England in 1902.
Swing bowler Kleinveldt struck with two wickets in three balls, getting David Warner to miscue to Faf du Plessis at cover for 41 and then dismissing Rob Quiney for his second duck, nicking to wicketkeeper AB de Villiers.
Kleinveldt, moving the ball through the air, picked up his third wicket when he bowled Ed Cowan for 29.
Ricky Ponting's miserable series continued when he chopped Steyn on to his stumps for 16 after scoring four in the first innings and a duck in Brisbane.
Night watchman Peter Siddle lasted 16 balls for his solitary run before he was caught behind off Morkel.
Earlier, South Africa were dismissed for 388 to trail Australia by 162 runs in the first innings on the third day in the second Test in Adelaide on Saturday.
Debutant Faf du Plessis was the last man out at tea with a fighting 78 while hamstrung Jacques Kallis batted in pain for 58 to help South Africa avoid the follow on as Australia took a grip on the match.
The world number one ranked Proteas appeared in little hope of passing the follow on of 351 runs when they were struggling at 250 for seven.
But a 93-run stand for the eighth wicket between Du Plessis and Kallis set the platform for South Africa to go past the follow on and take away the option of Australia sending the Proteas back into bat.
Du Plessis faced 159 balls and hit 13 boundaries and a six before he was caught by Michael Clarke at silly mid on off Ben Hilfenhaus.
Kallis, batting at number nine after spending most of Thursday's opening day off the field with a hamstring injury, scored a crucial half-century off 93 balls before he fell to a catch behind off left-arm spinner Clarke.
The Proteas went into the third day at 217 for two but quickly unravelled, losing three wickets in four overs.
Off-spinner Nathan Lyon enticed Jacques Rudolph to drive only to be caught by Rob Quiney at short cover for 29 to give Australia an early breakthrough.
Siddle grabbed Smith's key wicket in the next over when the Proteas captain was caught behind by Matthew Wade for 122 off 244 balls.
Smith sought a referral and after a lengthy delay by the TV umpire the decision was upheld much to the Proteas skipper's disgust after the review's Hot Spot infra-red imaging system detected a faint edge.
Brief scores
Australia 550 (Clarke 230, Warner 119, Hussey 103, Morkel 5-146) and 5 for 111 (Kleinveldt 3-14)
South Africa 388 (Smith 122, du Plessis 78, Kallis 58, Hilfenhaus 3-49)
Status Australia lead by 273 runs
