Australia beats South Africa by 118 runs in 1st test

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DURBAN, South Africa (AP) Australia beat South Africa by 118 runs in the first test at Kingsmead on Monday.

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Australia 351 (Mitchell Marsh 96, Steve Smith 56, David Warner 51; Keshav Maharaj 5-123) and 227 (Cameron Bancroft 53; Maharaj 4-102) beat South Africa 162 (AB de Villiers 71, Mitchell Starc 5-34) and 298 (Aiden Markram 143, Quinton de Kock 83; Mitchell Starc 4-75) by 118 runs.