GOOD AS GONE: Australia's dominance of the cricket world is all but over.
THE echo of the ball flying off the confident bat of South Africa's Hashim Amla was the death rattle of Australia's 16 years without a series loss at home.
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Analysts investigating Australia's dramatic Test cricket demise say there are no suspicious circumstances.
It simply followed a short illness complicated by player arrogance, chronic selection short-sightedness, poor captaincy decisions, unreliable batting, indecisive bowling and fielding clumsiness.
Any obituary will say the few spasms of competitiveness Australia mustered in both Tests were brutally amputated by a cohesive South Africa, who recorded their first series victory in Australia.
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