Australia skipper Steven Smith (left) collides with SA’s Vernon Philander in an effort to take a single on the opening day of the Hobart Test on Saturday. Pic/AFP

Hobart: While Australia capitulated at the WACA and then collapsed at Bellerive, both India and England prospered in Rajkot. The implications of these scenarios are many and varied. Australia is in distinct trouble against South Africa and unless this trend is reversed quickly, the selectors face the prospect of wholesale changes for the upcoming series against an improved Pakistan outfit.