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Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (08:30 GMT)
South Africa squad
GC Smith*, AB de Villiers, HM Amla, MV Boucher†, JP Duminy, PL Harris, Imran Tahir, JH Kallis, M Morkel, VD Philander, AG Prince, JA Rudolph, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe
Australia squad
MJ Clarke*, SR Watson, MA Beer, TA Copeland, PJ Cummins, BJ Haddin†, RJ Harris, PJ Hughes, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, UT Khawaja, NM Lyon, SE Marsh, RT Ponting, PM Siddle
Whoever heard of a heavyweight bout scheduled to be played over two rounds? Even before South Africa and Australia begin the first Test in Cape Town, the abiding sentiment among the two teams is that the series they are about to play in will be an incomplete contest. The series was squeezed to two matches from the original three by the Champions League Twenty20 and South Africa's desire to play T20 internationals in addition to ODIs. With all this in mind, the players' best avenue to ensuring future series are played over three matches is to make sure the cricket played in these two is vibrant, undulating, and tough.

Fortunately South Africa and Australia have a history of providing exactly that over 18 years since they resumed Test match combat in 1993-94. Australia have won a majority of the series between the two sides, but South Africa have also landed plenty of blows, not least in 2008 when they became the first team to win a series in Australia since 1993. Australia responded by winning the return series in 2009, with a formula not dissimilar to the one that will be utilised this time. As in 2009, Australia will enter the series with a less impressive team on paper but a little more match hardness than their opponents, who have not played a Test since January. The agile captaincy of Australia's new leader Michael Clarke will provide another rich sub-plot.
At the top of the order, Phillip Hughes will want to emulate his memorable debut in that series, though mindful that South Africa' bowlers now have a far better idea of how to bowl to him. Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting will also want runs after a quiet series in Sri Lanka, while Shaun Marsh can stamp himself firmly on the No. 3 spot by performing with similar assurance to that he showed on the subcontinent. With the ball Ryan Harris and Mitchell Johnson appear an ideal duo for Clarke to attack with, but questions remain over how they will be augmented, with the energy of Peter Siddle competing against the sly mediums of Trent Copeland. Nathan Lyon has a mid-term mortgage on the spinner's spot, provided he can keep contributing.
South Africa have made one significant change, recalling Jacques Rudolph, and are likely to make another by handing spin duties to the legspinner Imran Tahir. His inclusion gives the South Africans arguably the most complete attack they have had since rejoining Test cricket, as an accomplished, attacking spin bowler rather than the finger-spinning fighters - Paul Harris, Nicky Boje and Pat Symcox to name three - before him. Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel have been warming up for the contest, adamant they will not allow Hughes in particular the sort of latitude he had two years ago. Ponting and Clarke will also be in their sights, though greater fireworks may be seen on Johannesburg's livelier pitch in the second Test.
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