17 years of Dominance at Home comes to an End

The last time Australia lost a test series at home was way back in 1992/1993 when Richie Richardson's West Indies team beat Alan Border's men. Even that was a very closely fought series, with the West Indies taking the series by winning the last test very convincingly. Contrary this time around Gream Smith's men have been very convincing in taking the series. Australia sure had there moments but they did not have the fire power to deliver that knock out punch. In Perth, Ponting had the Proteas chasing 414 and could not defend it and in this game at the MCG he had them at 7/188 but could not get the tail as they motored their selves along to 459.

What Australia lacks badly is the strike bowlers that they used to have. Australia without Shane Warne and Glen McGrath is not too intimidating. The struggling form of key Australian batsman haven't helped them either, both Mathew Hayden and Micheal Clarke have been out of sorts.