Australia tour of South Africa: South Africa Vs Australia 1st Test Live Scores at Centurion, Feb 12-16, 2014.
Teams:South Africa Vs Australia
Venue:Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion
Time:10:30 local time (08:30 GMT)
After Australia's remarkable Ashes clean-sweep, Michael Clarke praised his men but was firm in his resolve that the Australians would not rest until they were No.1 in the world.The last team to beat South Africa was Australia in early 2009. In South Africa. With Mitchell Johnson at his peak.
Form guide
(last five completed games most recent first)
South Africa W D W L W
Australia W W W W W
Match Stats
1.Since Kallis made his Test debut in December 1995, South Africa have played only 18 Tests without him - an average of one per year
2.In six Tests in Centurion, Dale Steyn has taken 36 wickets at 17.61; Vernon Philander has 12 victims at 13.66 there from two Tests
3.If Australia win this series, they will move up to second place on the ICC's Test rankings
4.Chris Rogers has played 257 first-class matches but until this tour had never so much as visited South Africa, let alone played cricket there
5.Australia and South Africa have met only once in a Test in Centurion, in 1997, when Allan Donald took eight wickets in a South African win
Teams:
South Africa team:GC Smith,AN Petersen,HM Amla,D Elgar,JP Duminy,AB de Villiers,Faf du Plessis,VD Philander,DW Steyn,M Morkel,TL Tsolekile,RJ Peterson
Australia team:SR Watson,DA Warner,MJ Clarke,SE Marsh,MG Johnson,BJ Haddin,RJ Harris,PM Siddle,SB Smith,CJL Rogers,MC Henriques,JL Pattinson,James Faulkner,Nathan Lyon,Jackson Bird,Alex Doolan
