Australia and South Africa have shared a theme of all change since both endured earlier World Cup exits than they had bargained for. It would have been with different captains, different coaches and possibly different approaches to the contest. In each case there is now also an element of the partial transition. Australia is touring with an interim coach, Troy Cooley, while Cricket Australia casts its net widely for a new man to fill the role.
South Africa will be led by a stand-in captain in Hashim Amla while AB de Villiers continues his improvement from a broken finger. A point of contrast between the two sides is the cricket they have played since the World Cup. South Africa have enjoyed an complete break from the game, allowing the new coach Gary Kirsten to settle into his position after leaving India at the conclusion of the World Cup.
Though Australia also had a break after the cup, it was interspersed with a brief visit to Bangladesh where the visitors claimed a 3-0 sweep, then a winning tour of Sri Lanka where both the ODI and Test series were won by Michael Clarke's men. South Africa must find the correct balance under Kirsten and Amla, though in Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Jacques Kallis and Amla himself there is one of the most accomplished senior groups in world cricket.
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South Africa will be led by a stand-in captain in Hashim Amla while AB de Villiers continues his improvement from a broken finger. A point of contrast between the two sides is the cricket they have played since the World Cup. South Africa have enjoyed an complete break from the game, allowing the new coach Gary Kirsten to settle into his position after leaving India at the conclusion of the World Cup.
Though Australia also had a break after the cup, it was interspersed with a brief visit to Bangladesh where the visitors claimed a 3-0 sweep, then a winning tour of Sri Lanka where both the ODI and Test series were won by Michael Clarke's men. South Africa must find the correct balance under Kirsten and Amla, though in Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Jacques Kallis and Amla himself there is one of the most accomplished senior groups in world cricket.
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