Australia A won the toss and chose to bat v South Africans
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The South Africans chose to rest Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel for their only tour match in Australia, against the hosts' A side in Sydney. South Africa have not played a Test since August and nine of their 15 man squad have no played first-class cricket since then, including Kallis and Morkel.
The pair sat out because they have been playing what team manager Mohammed Moosajee called "a lot of cricket," over the last few weeks. Kallis has also not sufficiently recovered from a chest infection which struck him on Monday, although he trained yesterday. Both have played cricket since South Africa's July tour of England, where part of the World T20 squad and took part in the Champions League T20.
Faf du Plessis and reserve bowler Rory Kleinveldt were picked in the South African XI in Kallis and Morkel's place. Du Plessis has been included in South Africa's last two Tests squads but has yet to debut in the longest format while the focus will be on Kleinveldt who could make a maiden appearance for South Africa if they chose to field an all-pace attack in Brisbane.
AB de Villiers was declared to fit to keep wicket, having not played any competitive cricket since the World T20 in Sri Lanka. That meant replacement gloveman Thami Tsolekile was left out, as was all-rounder Robin Peterson.
Australia's team was decided on when the squad was announced. They chose to open the batting with Liam Davids and Rob Quiney and moved former Test opener Phil Hughes to No.3. He had an early change to stake his claim, as Australia A chose to bat on a green top at the SCG.
Australia A: 1 Liam Davis, 2 Rob Quiney, 3 Phil Hughes, 4 Andrew McDonald, 5 Steve Smith, 6 Alex Doolan, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Moises Henriques, 9 Tim Paine, 10 John Hastings, 11 Nathan Coulter-Nile
South Africans: 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Alviro Petersen, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Faf du Plessis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 Jacques Rudolph, 7 JP Duminy, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Rory Kleinvedlt, 11 Imran Tahir
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