First test cricket series match starts in Durban at 6.30pm AEDT, local time; scores, results, lineups
Durban: Cooper Connolly was quarantined from the Australian team with a head cold amid deepening mystery about the composition of the side to face South Africa on a spinning deck at Kingsmead on Friday.
After taking part in the touring team’s final training session, Connolly donned a mask and left the ground in a separate car to the team bus. He is one of several players waiting on a final look at the pitch by selectors on match morning before an XI is settled.
It is now possible that Australia will pick both Connolly and Nic Maddinson, potentially leaving out Beau Webster from the side.
“We’re just trying to work out what we think is the best batting lineup for those conditions, obviously Cam Green’s out,” skipper Pat Cummins said. “You know, Josh Inglis isn’t here as well. So that’s a couple of, kind of, the changes that you’ve got to match up.
“Conditions is another one. You know, what are they going to throw at us? Everyone brings something a little bit different to it, and it’s just trying to work out what the combo is.”
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