Australia rest four for SA 'A' match

Stuart MacGill will have what might well be his only bowl on South African soil this weekend when Steve Waugh's Australians meet a South Africa `A' team in a four-day match at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth starting on Friday.

The Australians have rested Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Damien Martyn and Matthew Hayden for this match on the unsurprising premise that all four had outstanding matches during the Wanderers Test.

Working on the assumption that it would be unlikely for Australia to feel the need to change a team that has just won its last match by an innings and 360 runs, this weekend's game should provide MacGill, along with Andy Bichel, Darren Lehmann and Shane Watson, with their first outing of the tour.

From a South African point of view, the match will provide players like captain Daryll Cullinan, left-arm spinner Gulam Bodi and Western Province left-arm seamer Charl Willoughby to press for inclusion in the side for the second Test match at Newlands next weekend.

The South African side for the second Test is expected to be named on Monday.

Teams

SA `A' team: Jacques Rudolph (Northerns), Graeme Smith (WP), Martin van Jaarsveld (Northerns), Daryll Cullinan (Capt, Gauteng), Hashim Amla (KZN), Justin Kemp (EP), Robin Peterson (EP), Gulam Bodi (KZN), Thami Tsolekile (WP), Dewald Pretorius (FS), Charl Willoughby (WP). Twelfth man: Garnett Kruger (EP).

Australia: Steve Waugh (capt), Justin Langer, Ricky Ponting, Mark Waugh, Darren Lehmann, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Watson, Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Jason Gillespie, Brett Lee.