Australia bat after winning the toss
Updated On: 06 March, 2009 03:37 PM IST | AFP
Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead today.
Australia won the toss and decided to bat in the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead today.
Both teams were unchanged from the first Test in Johannesburg which Australia won by 162 runs.
It was the fifth time in as many Tests between the two sides that Australian captain Ricky Ponting won the toss.
The pitch was well-grassed and the weather was sunny and warm.
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The players of both teams wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence before play in memory of the victims of the attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, Pakistan, on Tuesday.
Teams: South Africa: Graeme Smith (captain), Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher, Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini.
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Simon Katich, Phil Hughes, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin, Andrew McDonald, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus.
Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK), Billy Bowden (NZL). TV umpire: Steve Bucknor (WIS). Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).
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