On a scorching day, the hosts had been 386-3 at stumps on day two of the second Test, main by 197 after the Proteas had been dismissed of their first innings for 189.
Travis Head was not out 48 with Alex Carey on 9.
Steve Smith (85) and Marnus Labuschagne (14) had been the one wickets to fall. But worryingly for Australia, Cameron Green, who took 5-27 in South Africa’s first innings, additionally retired damage after a nasty rap on the finger from Anrich Nortje.
Smith and Warner’s 239-run partnership took the sport additional away from South Africa, whose bowlers toiled in temperatures touching 37 levels Celsius (98.6 Fahrenheit).
Warner, 36, snapped a near-three-year century drought in usually aggressive and gritty style, reaching three figures for a twenty fifth time after coming into the sport underneath strain after a lean run.
It was his first Test hundred since January 2020 and because the opposition bowlers drained, he battled the weather and transformed it to 200 for less than the third time.
But it was an exhausting effort, as he handed 8,000 Test runs en route.
Chairs needed to be introduced out for Warner and Smith to relaxation on within the drinks breaks, with towels draped over their heads and ice-packs round their shoulders.
Warner wanted remedy for cramp a number of occasions and retired in ache after reaching 200 and dropping to his knees, finally helped from the sphere by help workers.
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Australia resumed on 45-1, having misplaced Usman Khawaja late Monday after taking cost of the opening day, with Green’s heroics serving to dismiss the guests for underneath 200 once more.
They had been all out for 152 and 99 within the first Test in Brisbane, which they misplaced by six wickets inside two days.
Warner started on 32 and confirmed his aggressive intent with an early boundary off Kagiso Rabada.
Nortje was routinely sending down 150 kph (93 mph) rockets, smacking Warner on the top when he was on 47. The batter was given the all-clear after a compulsory concussion check on the sphere, with a prolonged delay as a brand new helmet was discovered.
But catastrophe struck two balls after play resumed.
Warner pushed Nortje for a single and got here again for a second, however Labuschagne hesitated and was run out regardless of a lunging dive.
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Unfazed, Warner put his head right down to motor to 100, punching the air when he bought there with a boundary after a near-flawless knock characterised by his trademark sturdy operating between the wicket.
Smith was not as snug, escaping on 9 when he was dropped by wicketkeeper Kyle Verreynne after which on 39 when he was given out caught behind just for it to be known as a no-ball after Rabada overstepped the mark.
But he persevered to succeed in a thirty seventh Test fifty with a 4 off Marco Jansen.
Warner upped the ante after his century and raced to 200 off 254 balls earlier than calling it quits.
Smith departed shortly earlier than his accomplice reached the milestone, with Nortje getting his reward for a tough day’s work, with Theunis de Bruyn taking a catch at gully.