Cricket Second Test: Australia Dominate as SA Crumble

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Australia dominate as SA crumble

Second Test, Durban (day two, close): Australia 352 v South Africa 138-7 Dates: 6-10 March Start time: 0830 GMT Coverage: Scorecard and reports on BBC Sport website. Live on Sky Sports A bleeding Kallis leaves the field after being hurt by Johnson South Africa trail Australia by 214 runs after a devastating spell of bowling reduced the hosts to 138-7 at the end of day two of the second Test. Andrew McDonald took 3-25, while Mitchell Johnson ended the day on 3-37 and forced Graeme Smith to retire hurt. JP Duminy remains unbeaten on 73 alongside Dale Steyn (8) with South Africa needing 15 more runs to avoid the follow-on in Durban. Australia were dismissed for 352 having added just 49 to their overnight score. Fast bowlers Steyn and Makhaya Ntini claimed two wickets each with Morne Morkel and Jacques Kallis taking one apiece to get South Africa back into the match after Australia had resumed on 303-4. But the good work of the South African bowlers counted for little as the wickets quickly tumbled, with the hosts floundering after Johnson claimed two wickets in his first over. The first to go was Neil McKenzie, caught behind, then Johnson swung the ball in to trap Hashim Amla lbw. South Africa's innings was then thrown into disarray when Smith was forced to retire hurt after fracturing the little finger on his right hand. The opener is not expected to bat again in the innings and could be out of action for two to three weeks, which would rule him out of the third and final Test. AB de Villiers made only three before he was out leg before to Ben Hilfenhaus and Boucher soon followed after Johnson removed the wicketkeeper's off stump with a superb yorker. Paul Harris (4) was the next out and his dismissal paved the way for the return of Kallis, who was earlier forced off hurt after a menacing Johnson delivery. The all-rounder only lasted two balls at the crease after he chipped straight at Ricky Ponting at short midwicket from the bowling of McDonald. Harris and Kallis (22) were McDonald's first two wickets, in three balls, and he also bowled Morne Morkel (2), to finish the day with 3-25. Spinner Harris admitted South Africa would need to "bat for our lives" if they are to have any chance of winning the Test match. He said: "We're going to have to play the best we have in either the home or away series to save the game but we enjoy a scrap and hopefully we can scrap our way through this Test."