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South Africa's tight schedule leaves the touring cricketers little time to re-group after the disaster of the first Test loss to Australia.

Roused after a long hibernation, critics have emerged from the woodwork with abandon over recent weeks to salivate over the potential demise of Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.

The ability of South Africa's middle order batsmen to conquer a powerful Australian attack and a wearing pitch will determine the outcome of the First Test between the countries at the Adelaide Oval tomorrow.

Australia will start the fourth day of the First Test against South Africa tomorrow with an overall lead of 68 runs and looking to press toward victory in this gripping battle between the teams in Adelaide.

Jonty Rhodes hammered 95 off 84 balls to set up a 31-run victory for the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins over Boland at Paarl on Friday night while two other Standard Bank Cup maches were decided on the Duckworth-Lewis system

Australia's Damien Martyn serenely consigned memories of a black moment against South Africa to the scrap heap today to hand his team a clear edge on the second day of the First Test between the teams in Adelaide.

Mental strength will undoubtedly be a pre-requisite for success in this series between Australia and South Africa

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Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town will come alive on 2nd January 2002, with a day of cricket unlike any previous tournament

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The budding contest between Australia and South Africa genuinely deserves about as much hype, hysteria and fanfare as a cricket series can be afforded

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All the bravado of a fast bowler is there but Allan Donald can't keep down the nagging doubts about his readiness to take on Australia in the first cricket Test on Friday.

Jonty Rhodes, who will be joining the South African one-day squad in Australia in the New Year, took 65 off the Eastern Province Jumbos to steer the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins towards a four-wicket victory in the Standard Bank Cup on Wednesday night

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South African opener Gary Kirsten blew a chance to gain some valuable batting practice on the last day of the cricket tour match against Western Australia here today.

South Africa's batsmen had a decent Test preparation on the final day of the drawn cricket tour match against Western Australia here.

South African batting star Jacques Kallis continued a rich vein of form when he made a century against Western Australia in the cricket tour match here.

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