South Australia is still 94 runs in arrears of Western Australia's first innings total of 480 at stumps on day three of the teams' Pura Cup match at the Adelaide Oval.

The Redbacks finished the day at 3/104 in their second innings, after Warrior captain Tom Moody enforced the follow on ten overs before tea.

Captain Darren Lehmann (21*) and Jeff Vaughan (22*) appear well settled for the Redbacks, though, and will be looking to stay in for as long as they can tomorrow. Lehmann said the prospect of coming away from the match with a draw would represent a good result for his team.

"Obviously we can't win it, so just have to play for a draw now and hopefully we can do that tomorrow," he said.

However, he acknowledged that the Adelaide Oval pitch is beginning to play more slowly and that the task of scoring runs will be a difficult one.

"It's going to be tough work. But if we can bat well enough and get out of there with a draw, that'll be good a fightback for us. We still have to be positive and score runs because that's the best way to get a lead and make it harder for them."

He said the team will take heart from the 119 run partnership that Jason Gillespie and Ben Johnson produced this morning.

"They batted really well, positively, and did as well as they could. It was especially heartening to see Jason bat so well and with real confidence," he said.

After claiming three late wickets to have the Redbacks struggling at 5/133 at the end of day two, the visitors were looking to finish up the lower order quickly today. But Johnson (67) and Gillespie (51) compiled a surprise partnership to deny the Warriors their first success of the day until after the lunch break.

However, the innings didn't last long after those two were parted. South Australia again lost wickets in quick succession, crashing from 6/252 to 8/253 at one stage, before finally being dismissed for 282.

Lehmann said his charges will have to be wary of losing concentration and quick wickets close to breaks. "We lost 3/6 (just before the end of play yesterday) at one stage and 3/1 in the next stage (just after lunch today). Basically 6/7 is not good enough. But we've looked at that and now it's just a case of us trying to change that and do the right thing."

Openers Shane Deitz (31) and David Fitzgerald (23) began the Redbacks' second innings well, batting patiently through the ten overs before tea without experiencing any major alarms. But, after the break, Deitz and Greg Blewett (4) were out within five runs of each other.

Test hopeful Blewett again showed his disappointment at being given out cheaply, lingering (just as he did in the first innings) for a while before departing. He was caught at short leg by Simon Katich off Brad Hogg, after a forward prod popped up the ball. With scores of two and four from this match, Blewett, who turns 29 tomorrow, will have to wait until the Redbacks meet New South Wales in Sydney next month to score the runs that he wants.

For the Warriors, Hogg, Gavin Swan and Matthew Nicholson finished the day with one wicket apiece. The in-form Nicholson gave away only 18 runs from his 11 overs.

In the Redbacks' first innings, it was Nicholson and Swan who did most of the damage for the Warriors, claiming three wickets each. Hogg's contribution of 2/78 was also valuable.

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