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South Africa have reduced Australia to 159-8 in their second innings, after the hosts were dismissed for 167 in an incredible second day's play of the third Test in Durban.

Against all the odds, South Africa fought their way back into the game, and have an outside chance of victory if they can take Australia's two remaining wickets early on the third morning.

The tourists are still favourites however, having built up a lead of 307 on a wicket that has proved deceptively hard to make runs on.

With three full days still to play, the match has already seen the fall of 28 wickets, with 17 of those in this dramatic second day.

Australia had appeared to be in command after they tore through the South African batsmen and engineered a first-innings lead of 148.

Collapse

But they suffered a collapse of their own as a succession of Australian batsmen made good starts before getting out to some discilplined bowling.

Australia begun their second innings aggressively, but lost both their openers early on.

Matthew Hayden's was the first wicket to fall, caught by Ashwell Prince off David Terbrugge's bowling for a duck.

Terbrugge then had Justin Langer caught behind by Mark Boucher for 18.

Ricky Ponting played well for his 34 but holed out in the deep to Terbrugge off Makhaya Ntini, and then Mark Waugh was bowled by Jacques Kallis for 30.

Unlucky

Four balls later Damien Martyn was given out caught behind off Kallis again, but TV replays suggested the batsman had been unlucky.

Kallis' third wicket was the most important; that of the prolific Adam Gilchrist, caught behind by skipper Boucher for 16.

Minutes later Shane Warne was duly dismissed for 13, caught sharply by Neil McKenzie close in off Paul Adams.

And then Jason Gillespie was caught brilliantly by Kallis, also off Adams, after the ball had flicked the gloves of Boucher on the way through.

Undefeated at the close were a stubborn Steve Waugh on 34, and Brett Lee on five.

South Africa had earlier batted without confidence, but Australia bowled well, and their fielders took a succession of great catches.

Warne and Brett Lee claimed four scalps apiece, as the South African wickets fell at regular intervals.