Former Australia coach John Buchanan at a city hotel in Mumbai yesterday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

After two horrendous series against Sri Lanka and South Africa, Australia looked a completely different unit at home yesterday. They were playing at one of their happy hunting grounds, the WACA in Perth. But to bowl out a formidable unit like South Africa for 242 in just 63.4 overs on Day One of the first Test, they had to be at their best.