South Africa vs Australia LIVE stream: How to watch Test match online and on TV
SOUTH AFRICA got their home Test series with Australia underway on Thursday - how can you watch live?
South Africa vs Australia LIVE stream: How to watch online
South Africa go head-to-head with Australia in the first of four Test matches this week.
The heated fixture promises fireworks starting in Durban.
"It's the most competitive series that you play. We are both very passionate and competitive countries and we try and leave it all out there on the field,” Faf du Plessis South African captain said.
Steve Smith said: "Conditions wise it's as similar as you get to back home but you're still away from home and they're a good team. First Test match is so important so you don't want to be behind the eight ball early in this series."
When does the first Test start?
Thursday, March 1, 2018; 10am local, 8am UK time
Where is the first Test?
Kingsmead, Durban
South Africa vs Australia: The first Test gets underway in Durban
Team news
South Africa
Probable XI: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis (capt), Theunis de Bruyn, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel.
Australia
Australia has the same line-up that destroyed England in the fifth Test in Sydney in early January.
Probable XI: David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon
LIVE stream
South Africa vs Australia is live on Sky Sports in the UK.
It is being sown on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event with.
Sky Sports cricket schedule
Thursday 1 March, Sky Sports Cricket (07:55), Sky Sports Main Event (08:00).
Friday 2 March, Sky Sports Cricket (07:55), Sky Sports Main Event (08:00)
Saturday 3 March, Sky Sports Cricket - Red Button (07:55), Sky Sports Main Event (09:00), Sky Sports Cricket (09:00)
Sunday 4 March, Sky Sports Cricket (07:55), Sky Sports Main Event (08:00)
Monday 5 March, Sky Sports Cricket (07:55), Sky Sports Main Event (08:00)