New-look South Africa begin next adventure

Finally, South Africa will take the field again.

The cricketing world could be forgiven for thinking they had evaporated into the ether following their heart-stopping semi-final defeat to New Zealand in the World Cup more than three months ago. South Africa are the only Test team not to have returned to action since then. Perhaps cruelly, South Africa make their comeback to prepare for another global event - next year's World T20 - but they are a side ready for a new challenge with some new faces.

"This is exciting; it's nice to have young guys coming in. It's almost like the younger the guys are, the more energy they bring to the squad but then it's also important that we have the right senior guys on the bus to make sure they make the journey for the younger players easier," Faf du Plessis, South Africa's T20 captain, said. "I think that's what we are doing really well."