A controversial catch dismissed Carl Hooper for two. The West Indian vice-captain got an inside edge to Shaun Pollock, and wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, diving to his left, picked up the ball low down and clutched it to his body.

Hooper asked Boucher for confirmation of the fairness of the catch, and, when he received it, walked. Later, television replays suggested the ball may have hit the ground just as Boucher gloved it.The visitors now lead by just 132 runs with only two second innings wickets still standing.

Herschelle Gibbs was the man who put the skids under the tourists, taking two brilliant catches to revive the South Africans, who had been put to the sword by a 160-run partnership between Brian Lara (79) and Shivnarine Chanderpaul (75).

Gibbs dived full-length to his left at square leg to holdonto a low chance from Lara, who was playing his first pull shot of a disciplined innings. David Terbrugge was the bowler, and it gave him Lara's wicket for the second time in the match. As seems to happen so often when one batsmen in a major partnership is dismissed, Chanderpaul went soon afterwards, spooning a simple caught-and-bowled chance back to Pollock.

Scoreboard (at lunch)

West Indies (first innings): 198

South Africa (first innings): Gary Kirsten c Hooper b Rose 26, Herschelle Gibbs c Wallace b Rose 35, Jacques Kallis c Jacobs b Rose 11, Darryll Cullinan run out (Rose) 40, Hansie Cronje b Walsh 30, Jonty Rhodes c&b Walsh 87, Shaun Pollock c Hooper b Rose 30, Mark Boucher b Rose 0, Pat Symcox b Rose 12, Allan Donald b Rose 13, David Terbrugge not out 2; Extras (nb13, b4, lb8, w1): 26. Total (for 10 wickets in 98 overs): 312

Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-79, 3-80, 4-140, 5-182, 6-262, 7-262, 8-284, 9-295

Bowling: Ambrose 17-1-60-0, Walsh 29-6-68-2, Rose 28-6-84-7, Lewis 20-2-70-0, Hooper4-0-18-0

West Indies (second innings): Philo Wallace c Boucher b Donald 1, Junior Murray c Gibbs b Kallis 29, Shivnarine Chanderpaul not out 71, Brian Lara not out 75; Extras (lb9, nb6, w2): 17. Total (for two wickets in 55 overs): 193

Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-41

Bowling: Donald 14-3-48-1, Pollock 13-2-47-0, Terbrugge 10-3-22-0, Kallis 6-0-24-1, Symcox 12-3-43-0