Rabada bowls South Africa to 1-0 series lead

South Africa will go to Hobart 1-0 up in the series after Kagiso Rabada bowled his team to a 177-run win over Australia on the fifth day at the WACA

Winds of change blow over South Africa

Up against more than just the opposition, South Africa displayed grit and determination to conquer Perth again, finding fresh heroes while they were at it

Australia's first loss in season opener since 1988

Stats highlights from the final day in Perth, where South Africa completed a thumping win

Steven Smith disappointed with batting collapses

In the wake of Australia's defeat to South Africa at the WACA, Steven Smith focused on the side's need to build bigger first-innings totals

Australia must face facts, consequences

This was Australia's fourth consecutive Test defeat. History tells us that Australia's cricket system can only take so much strain before it breaks.

Rabada a "champion bowler" - du Plessis

South Africa's stand-in Test captain lauded the young fast bowler's willingness to be in the fight

South Africa make big strides towards victory

A brilliant run-out from Temba Bavuma and three wickets to Kagiso Rabada put South Africa six wickets from victory at stumps on the fourth day in Perth

Australia need their highest fourth-innings total

Australia will have to break a lot of fourth-innings records if they are to achieve an improbable victory over South Africa at the WACA

Bavuma swoops to lift South Africa's spirits

Just when Australia's openers were beginning to stretch a depleted bowling attack, Temba Bavuma came up with a moment of magic that reinforced South Africa's dominance at the WACA

What can Bavuma do in 0.264 seconds?

Temba Bavuma's sharp reflexes and athleticism pulled off a run-out that could turn out to be match-defining

Australia's dangerous signs of complacency

The Australian Test team seems to be well settled, at least at the top. That might not necessarily be a good thing, given the team's recent run

Duminy, Elgar push South Africa's lead near 200

A memo to Australia's batsmen

Australia's batsmen had the chance to take control of the Test on day two. They didn't. On day three, Dean Elgar and JP Duminy showed them how it was done

Smith hopeful of fourth-innings heist

Australia's captain Steven Smith has not given up hope of a redemptive fourth-innings chase against South Africa at the WACA, particularly as South Africa have been shorn of Dale Steyn's speed by a shoulder injury

Twin centuries cap memorable return

JP Duminy and Dean Elgar debuted at the WACA, with contrasting success, but they made themselves at home this time around

South Africa bounce back on eventful day

The second morning began with Australia firmly on top; the third will start with South Africa in a position of strength

'We want to win this game for Dale' - Philander

Vernon Philander has said he and Kagiso Rabada "owe it to" the injured Dale Steyn to take extra responsibility in his absence and win the Perth Test for South Africa

Australia's collapse and Warner's sixth in a row

Stats highlights from day two of the Australia-South Africa Test match in Perth

Australia's batting malady comes home to roost

The problems that plagued Australia in Sri Lanka, particularly the lack of depth in the middle order, left them debilitated once again in Perth

Pattern of collapses 'hard to take' - Warner

The Australia batsman admitted that the trend of the side's middle-order collapses after a good start goes back to the 2015 Ashes tour

South Africa's attack prospers by sharing the load

In the absence of their bowling spearhead, South Africa's attack trumped over inexperience and expectations of failure to deliver an advantage to their side

Steyn goes off with shoulder trouble

Dale Steyn has been ruled out of South Africa's Test series in Australia with a fractured right shoulder

South Africa's love story with injuries Down Under

Dale Steyn's shoulder injury wasn't the first casualty South Africa have suffered on an Australian tour. In earlier cases, they have often ended up being blessings in disguise

Warner dominates after SA dismissed for 242

Two of South Africa's least experienced batsmen - Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock - fought back with half-centuries on the first day in Perth, but Australia remained on top at the tea break

South Africa outpaced on opening day

On a typical WACA pitch, Australia's fast bowlers outdid those of South Africa, who bowled far too short, far too often, to let David Warner race away to a quickfire fifty

Australia relish blood and thunder day

A lively WACA surface made for an intriguing contest, with Australia setting the tone for the summer with an overpowering first-up performance

A lot nicer to bowl on than Sri Lanka - Starc

Mitchell Starc was delighted with the WACA pitch, where all of Australia's players felt at home, and said that one couldn't have asked for more on the opening day of the summer

Maharaj - first spin debutant at Perth

Stats highlights from Day 1 of the Perth Test, where David Warner's bruising half-century notched his average at WACA over 100

Morne Morkel's fitness at '90-95%', misses WACA Test

Morne Morkel was left out of South Africa's XI for the first Test against Australia at the WACA because he wasn't 100% ready to bowl long spells

Shaun Marsh's special snare at short leg

Australia had lost their first choice for short leg with the dropping of Joe Burns, meaning Marsh went in there for the spinners while Usman Khawaja went "under the lid" for the pacers

Mitchell Starc: the first-over menace

Mitchell Starc has made taking wickets in the first over of an innings a regular habit, the latest being Stephen Cook on the opening day of the WACA Test

Time for Smith and Warner to step up

The true test of where the Australians are at as a cricket team will be how they respond at Bellerive Oval this week

South Africa reap rewards for country-first mindset

South Africa coach Russell Domingo credits the national team's pre-season culture camp for their renewed intensity when representing the country

Five hard-earned wins down under

Since readmission in 1992, South Africa have had to fight for all their five Test wins in Australia, and Perth 2016 was the toughest of them all. ESPNcricinfo leads you down the path of most resi

WACA curator's uphill battle for pace, bounce

A colder spring and an earlier start to the Perth Test season has provided challenges to Matt Page and his crew

South Africa look to rediscover glory on the road again

South Africa want to begin their road back to a No. 1 Test ranking by reclaiming the astounding away record that had, until last year, propelled them to the top of the table, says stand-in captai

Siddle named in XI; Mennie made 12th man

Unlike the recent past, there is no No. 1 Test ranking on the line for Australia and South Africa but that is unlikely to have an impact on what is expected to be an enticing series

South Africa have history, Australia have Starc

This series will be Steven Smith's first major captaincy challenge at home, while Faf du Plessis leads a group that has no experience of losing a series in Australia.