Durban: Shane Warne took six wickets and Australia defeated South Africa by 112 runs to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their three-match test series on Tuesday.
Warne, who took six wickets for 86 runs, finished off the South African innings in fading light as stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist had to withdraw the fast bowlers from the attack to push for the win.
Regular captain Ricky Ponting missed the day's play with food poisoning.
"South Africa showed a lot of fight out there, and in the end we probably wanted it just a little more," Warne said.
Warne dismissed tail enders Andre Nel for a stubborn 14 and Makhaya Ntini for a duck, after the Australian leg spinner started the day by taking the wickets of South Africa's top three batsmen.
He added the important wicket of Jacques Rudolph in the afternoon session, getting a ball to loop up off the batsman's pad and onto his gloves for Justin Langer to take an easy catch and dismiss the South African for 36.
"Warne was superb today," said South Africa captain Graeme Smith. "He won the game for them today."
Australia set South Africa 410 to win after declaring its second innings at 307 for four before tea on the fourth day.
"The batsmen set it up for us," Warne said.
Ponting made 103 and 116, while Matthew Hayden contributed 102 in Australia's second innings and Mike Hussey scored 75 in the first.
South Africa's opening batsmen started the day well, with Smith and AB de Villiers putting on 91 runs for the first wicket, before Warne was brought into the attack.
He immediately stemmed the flow of runs and drew De Villiers out of his crease for Gilchrist to make a smart stumping and send the opener away for 46.
Smith followed soon after, caught by Langer at leg slip for 40.
Jacques Kallis was out LBW to Warne for seven, and Herschelle Gibbs got a delivery from Stuart Clark that lifted spitefully off a length and took the edge for Warne to take the catch and dismiss him for 17.
Ashwell Prince resisted for 37 balls for his seven runs, but a ball from Clark hit his glove and he was easily caught by Hussey at midwicket.
The third Test starts on Friday at Johannesburg.
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