AUS vs SA Test: WTC Finals spot on the LINE, Pat Cummins & Dean Elgar UNVEIL beautiful Trophy for Test series, Check OUT

AUS vs SA Test- AUS SA Test Series Trophy: The Australia vs SouthAfrica 1st Test is set to get underway at Gabba on Saturday, November 17. With a spot in the WTC Finals on the line, Australia skipper Pat Cummins and Proteas skipper Dean Elgar unveiled the beautiful Trophy for the series. The series could decide the fate of Australia and SA in the ICC World Test Championship 2023 final. Follow South Africa vs Australia LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.

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AUS vs SA Test: WTC Finals spot on the LINE, Pat Cummins & Dean Elgar go head to head for first time since Sandpapergate Scandal, captains unveil beautiful TROPHY, Check OUT

Australia, South Africa gear up for exciting series

Australia’s last test loss at the Gabba was against a depleted Indian side back in 2020/21. However the Aussies restored the order beating England in the Ashes. Speaking about the Gabba test, Cummins said, “The last couple of years it’s played a bit different to how it has in the past. It’s a funny one the Gabba – even if it has got grass on it, you do really need to bowl well. It’s got a bit of bounce normally here. You can get carried away with the seam but you still need to hit the stumps.”

He further went onto add, ” A couple of the boys said it’s similar to what they’ve seen here in the past. It looks like there’s a bit of grass. So we’ll see how it looks tomorrow. They’ll give it a final cut. It always looks pretty green here a couple of days out, then on the morning of day one it looks a bit different.”

This will be the first series between both the teams since the infamous ‘Sandpaper gate’ incident in 2018. The tone for the infamous 2018 test series played in South Africa was set with the staircase altercation between David Warner and Quinton de Kock. Kagiso Rabada was banned for two matches after his altercation with Steve Smith. However the series will be remembered for the infamous ‘Sandpapergate scandal’ which took place in Newlands.

Schedule for the Australia vs South Africa Test series

Dec 17-21: First Test, Gabba, 11.20 am AEDT

Dec 26-30: Second Test, MCG, 10.30 am AEDT

January 4-8: Third Test, SCG, 10.30am AEDT

A look at the squads for both the teams

Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Lance Morris, Nathan Lyon, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner

South Africa squad: Dean Elgar (captain), Temba Bavuma, Gerald Coetzee, Theunis de Bruyn, Sarel Erwee, Simon Harmer, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Glenton Stuurman, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Khaya Zondo.

AUS vs SA Test: WTC Finals spot on the LINE, Pat Cummins & Dean Elgar go head to head for first time since Sandpapergate Scandal, captains unveil beautiful TROPHY, Check OUT

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