'We weren't precise enough with the ball' - Smith
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result
1st Test, Johannesburg, Feb 26 - Mar 2 2009, Australia tour of South Africa
466 & 207
(119.2 ov, target 454)220 & 291
Australia won by 162 runs
player of the match
Australia
Day 5
Fresh faces come to the party
11y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Johnson the all-round hero
11y • S Rajesh
Australia sing when they are winning
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Day 4
Disciplined Australia take series lead
11y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Testing pitch makes this harder than Perth - Harris
11y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Feisty Hughes makes his mark
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Jacques of all trades
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Scrapping South Africa keep game in balance
11y • The Bulletin by Jamie Alter
Day 3
Industrious greenhorns warm to challenge
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Ambitious de Villiers on the right track
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Referral of misfortune
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Australia take big lead on curtailed day
11y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Day 2
A patient accumulator
11y • Mathew Varghese
Century yet to sink in for debutant North
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Series could be a tale of the tails - Kallis
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Australia don't need a Flintoff clone
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10,000 Test runs for Kallis
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Three from three but no hat-trick
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North and Johnson give Australia the upper hand
11y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Day 1
Steyn blames long break for Australia's escape
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North stars on first outing
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The 'cap' runneth over
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Others
South Africa v Australia, 2008-09
10y • Geoffrey Dean
McGain faces uphill battle to debut
11y • Brydon Coverdale in Durban
Australia's search for an allrounder ends
11y • Cricinfo staff
Kallis or Sobers?
11y • Rob Steen
McGain should be testing South Africa - Warne
11y • Alex Brown
Resilient Australia weaken South Africa's hold
11y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Heaven can wait
11y • Brydon Coverdale
Unlucky McGain misses out again
11y • Brydon Coverdale in Johannesburg
Australia opt for all-pace attack
11y • The Preview by Brydon Coverdale in Johannesburg