The series starts on Thursday in Perth, where South Africa ruined Ricky Ponting's farewell with a big win to clinch the 2012 series - the last Australia lost on home soil. On the road, however, Australia, like most other top nations, have had plenty of experience of losing series' in recent years and not just in the longest form of the game. South Africa, in the absence of the injured AB de Villiers, will be more reliant on Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis but they have quality in the area history suggests is key for tourists in Australia - pace bowling. 'PLAY THE AUSTRALIAN WAY'Steyn played on the successful tours of 2008 and 2012 and believes the Proteas have arrived without the inferiority complex that past tourists have brought to Australia. What will be more familiar, even under the South Australian lights, is the uncompromising nature of the home crowds and the opposition.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 01, 2016 19:23 UTC