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Records galore for South Africa and Smith

Stats highlights from South Africa's historic eight-wicket win, which gave them their first series win in Australia

30-Dec-2008•S Rajesh

Hayden must go

If Matthew Hayden does not decide to end his career after this match, Australia's selectors must be brave enough to finish it for him

29-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Australia get a taste of their own medicine

There were plenty of stats highlights on a day when South Africa turned the tables on Australia. Here are the important numbers

28-Dec-2008•S Rajesh

A most disappointing day - Clarke

The one-sided day has left Australia with little chance of levelling the series in the next two days

28-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

The South African Mr Cricket

It is a measure of South Africa's batting strength that JP Duminy was not in their starting line-up when the tour began. In a similar way that Michael Hussey's first few months of Test cricket left non-Australians wondering how on earth he had been overlo

28-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Vicious after Christmas

South Africa's batsmen struggled through one of the more ferocious spells of the summer as Peter Siddle finished the day with 3 for 24 from 13 overs

27-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Ponting bats himself some relief

At the end of a year he this week described as the toughest of his career, Ricky Ponting's outstandingly fluent 101 on Boxing Day was an excellent sign

26-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

McKenzie's costly drop

Plays of the day from day one of the Boxing Day Test between Australia and South Africa at the MCG

26-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

The best chance for Australia and Hayden

Already 1-0 down in the series, and with their No. 1 ranking under severe threat, Australia couldn't have asked for a better venue to mount a fightback

24-Dec-2008•S Rajesh

The rest is history

The upcoming Dhaka Test will be the first in seven years to have a rest day. A look at the passing of an international institution

24-Dec-2008•Paul Coupar

Chokers no more

History is written by the victors and this year South Africa have made so many alterations to the accepted version that the past is now irrelevant

21-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale in Perth

Ridden by doubt, Hayden's time is running out

On a day when Rahul Dravid at least delayed further queries about his retirement plans, Matthew Hayden's second failure of the match against South Africa has only intensified speculation over his future

19-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the WACA

Johnson has a ball in his new home

Mitchell Johnson is like a wind-up toy. He'll tear in at the same speed all day but he has to be pointing in the right direction when the string is pulled

18-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the WACA

Neither side goes the distance

Since the teams last met nearly three years ago Australia's power has diminished while South Africa have grown stronger

17-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the WACA

Australia bank on batting prowess

Stats preview to the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Perth

15-Dec-2008•S Rajesh

From the handshake to the airplane

Players' celebrations of milestones and wickets are now full-blown, thought-through routines that range from the extravagant to the embarrassing

03-Dec-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Lee regains his spark

An in-form Lee is essential for Australia to succeed in their contests against South Africa and England in the next nine months and his average of two wickets per Test in India was a worrying return

01-Dec-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

Haddin delivers under pressure

It was an innings full of fortune and flair, bravado and borrowed time, but most importantly for Brad Haddin it was an innings crammed with runs

30-Nov-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

Hussey plays the percentages, and the field

Michael Hussey has become so good at stabilising potentially worrying situations that he could get a job straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa

29-Nov-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

Spinners struggle in revolving-door policy

Nathan Hauritz became the sixth specialist spinner Australia have used in Tests this year and his chaotic first day at work highlighted how unpredictable life is for his type in this country

28-Nov-2008•Brydon Coverdale at the Adelaide Oval

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