Anrich the Ace blitzes the Windies with 5-star bowling, but Windies fight back

At SuperSport Park, Centurion

Aiden Markram stands between the West Indies and a challenging fourth innings chase as the visitors fought back on what was a second evening of epic wicket-taking proportions.

South Africa, who were bowled out for 342 inside the first 40 minutes of the day,  finished the second day on 47/4, 179 runs ahead of the West Indies, who were bowled out for 212 inside two sessions on Wednesday.

Where the cookie crumbled was how 11 wickets fell in a hectic hour and three-quarters where the West Indies subsided from 169/3 to their eventual total through an electric burst of hostile fast-bowling from Anrich Nortje (5/35).

Where the West Indies allowed Markram (35*) to race to a 33-ball knock with six fours, they combined to rip out the rest of SA's top and middle-order to leave the Test match delicately poised.

Alzarri Joseph (5/81 and 2/17) coaxed another false ramp shot to third man from Dean Elgar (1) and removed captain Temba Bavuma first ball, with Kemar Roach (1/28) doing the same to Tony de Zorz (0)i as the hosts weirdly elected not to use a night-watchman.

That ploy backfired badly when with what became the last ball of the day and the first of Jason Holder's (1/0) spell, he trapped Keegan Petersen (7) plumb in front.

It left the game finely balanced as the hosts were again failed by their batting as the Windies, who started SA's second innings badly, made full use of the fading light in the last 34 minutes of the day to bring themselves back into the game after a terminal collapse.

SA's late-evening meltdown undid the diligent bowling of the afternoon and evening sessions where they first constricted, then disemboweled the West Indian batting.

That South Africa earned a lead of 130 was done to