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The 3rd Cricket Test Between Australia and South Africa will begin in Cape Town on March 19-23, 2009.
The start time is 10.30am local (08.30GMT)
Australia won the 1st two tests and the series.
South Africa is playing for pride on their home turf.
Australia’s Test record at Cape Town is 9-1, their best anywhere in the world. The las/only time they lost was in 1969-70
Team News
Australia will likely to go with the same team for this test too.
South Africa will make 3 changes to the team. Imraan Khan will make his debut as an opener, Albie Morkel will be making his debut. McKenzie, Morne Morkel will replace the injured skipper Graeme Smith.
Pitch and conditions
A shave before the match and the pitch will become the best batting surface of the series.
Cape Town weather
The forecast for the first 2-3 days is for nice sunny conditions and temperature of around 25 C.
South Africa (likely) 1 Imraan Khan, 2 Ashwell Prince, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis (capt), 5 AB de Villiers, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Albie Morkel, 9 Paul Harris, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini.
Australia (possible) 1 Phillip Hughes, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Marcus North, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Peter Siddle, 10 Bryce McGain, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus.
Quotes
“There’s a lot of upsides in Bryce playing in this game but with this group of players we’ve got together and the work that they’ve done over the past few weeks it is going to be difficult to break the side up.”
Ricky Ponting“We’ve got to take note of what they did in the third Test match in Sydney. They turned it around and we’ve got to do the same here.”
Jacques Kallis, South Africa’s acting captain
