This day in history - Feb15 It was the first test of the tour.The hosts Proteas were taking on a raw Australian visitors at Centurion. Proteas were the clear favourites, mainly due to the bowling prowess they possessed.As usual their bowlers started well, but gutsy centuries from Shaun Marsh and Steve Smith meant some business.An useful contribution from Mitchell Johnson with the bat made sure that Aussies inched closer to 400 mark in their first innings.But what followed was one of the fieriest spell of fast bowling, that world had seen.Banking on his confidence from a good batting performance, Mitchell Johnson made sure that he made life miserable for the hosts' batsmen.SA batsmen,other than Devilliers didn't have their answers prepared for the questions posed by the hostile spell of fast bowling from Johnson. He ended up picking 7 wickets in first innings, handing his team a very healthy lead of 197. Aussies batted well at a brisk pace to keep the lead tickling.They made sur...