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Its been more than two years since South Africa have held a mid-series advantage against anyone but West Indies, so they might be forgiven for not quite knowing what to do with it. With the weather creating the possibility of a shortened Test match, should they let Australia chase the game, and the series, and come after them? Or with the unknown of a day-night Test awaiting in Adelaide, should they go all out and aim to seal the series here in Hobart?The captain, Faf du Plessis, has hinted at the latter and said even though South Africa thrives when they up against it, he hopes they can add a more attacking dimension to their strong defensive game.We rely quite heavily on being a very resilient team, du Plessis said. Were full of resilient players and personalities. If you look back on past performances heres been a lot of occasions when we are really under massive pressure and somehow a few of the guys who are really resilient fight really hard to get back in the game. Thats always been a strong trait of this team.Were also trying to add being a little bit more positive to that. Resilience generally comes from a position of defence, when youre in trouble. So we trying to make sure that we can be a little bit stronger by putting teams in that position first and not be them doing it to us.This South African team has little experience of asserting themselves on the opposition. Since Graeme Smiths retirement in March 2014, they only time theyve done that away from home was immediately afterwards, when they toured Sri Lanka later that year. South Africa won the Galle Test convincingly to lead the two-match series 1-0. The victory proved crucial when they were in early trouble in Colombo after conceding a first-innings deficit of 139 runs, but rain and a stubborn effort from Hashim Amla and the tail helped them hold out for a draw and take the series.Since then, South Africa have also beaten Zimbabwe in a one-off Test and West Indies at home, but lost to India and England. At home against New Zealand this year, the first of two Tests was a wash-out, and South Africa won the second. Now, after their win in Perth, they find themselves ahead mid-series for the first time since 2014. At the WACA, they put up one of their strongest fightbacks, but now du Plessis is seeking a slight switching of gears to keep the pressure on Australia.For that to happen, South Africa require players who can adapt and du Plessis thinks theyve already shown they have that because of how they respond when under the pump. Generally guys that can adapt better in themselves are the guys who are better in those situations, he said. You get players that play one certain way and thats the way they play.Resilience is being able to adapt to a position of what the team needs to do rather than what you as a player want to do. I can name a lot of our players who can do that. Its great asset to have.Now South Africa need to show they can go the other way as effectively, like they did in Perth. If you want to win Test matches youre going to get small opportunities in the match the whole time when its 50-50, du Plessis said. Either you as a team take that pressure and get through that moment and play well through that to get on top again, or you dont and then you fall behind the game.Luckily for us in the previous Test match we could do that a little bit more often than Australia did. 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