'We weren't precise enough with the ball' - Smith
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
result
1st Test, Johannesburg, Feb 26 - Mar 2 2009, Australia tour of South Africa
466 & 207
(target 454)220 & 291
Australia won by 162 runs
Day 5
Fresh faces come to the party
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Johnson the all-round hero
12y • S Rajesh
Australia sing when they are winning
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Day 4
Disciplined Australia take series lead
12y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Testing pitch makes this harder than Perth - Harris
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Feisty Hughes makes his mark
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Jacques of all trades
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Scrapping South Africa keep game in balance
12y • The Bulletin by Jamie Alter
Day 3
Industrious greenhorns warm to challenge
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Ambitious de Villiers on the right track
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Referral of misfortune
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Australia take big lead on curtailed day
12y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Day 2
A patient accumulator
12y • Mathew Varghese
Century yet to sink in for debutant North
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Series could be a tale of the tails - Kallis
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Australia don't need a Flintoff clone
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
10,000 Test runs for Kallis
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Three from three but no hat-trick
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
North and Johnson give Australia the upper hand
12y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Day 1
Steyn blames long break for Australia's escape
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
North stars on first outing
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
The 'cap' runneth over
12y • Brydon Coverdale at the Wanderers
Others
South Africa v Australia, 2008-09
11y • Geoffrey Dean
McGain faces uphill battle to debut
12y • Brydon Coverdale in Durban
Australia's search for an allrounder ends
12y • Cricinfo staff
Kallis or Sobers?
12y • Rob Steen
McGain should be testing South Africa - Warne
12y • Alex Brown
Resilient Australia weaken South Africa's hold
12y • The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran
Heaven can wait
12y • Brydon Coverdale
Unlucky McGain misses out again
12y • Brydon Coverdale in Johannesburg
Australia opt for all-pace attack
12y • The Preview by Brydon Coverdale in Johannesburg