South Africa are poised to beat Australia in the one dayers, having comprehensively beaten them in the Tests. It would be hard to deny that this signals the end of Australia's supremacy. The Aussies must have known that with the retirement of their galaxy of world beaters, they were never going to remain so far ahead of the other nations as they were for the past decade and a bit. Nevertheless, they would have been hoping for a gentler welcome into the community of the hitherto also rans than the hammering they received.
Regarding the hammering, it must be pointed out that it evoked little sympathy from the rest of the world. Had Waugh been the captain at this juncture, the papers would have been lamenting the death of a great, if not always noble, empire. Ponting has never been held in the same respect. I got the impression that the press was stifling an urge to rub it in.
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