Watch Australia vs South Africa 1st test live

South Africa vs Australia live streaming from Perth

The contest between the two highest-ranked teams in the world began with Australia batting after Ricky Ponting won the toss in the opening Test in Perth. South Africa are looking to topple the world champions, who are still trying to prove they are an all-conquering force following a subdued year, but their plans experienced a late change when the key batsman Ashwell Prince was ruled out with a cracked thumb suffered in the nets on Tuesday

Pitch Condition:
The pitch might be a little slow today and quicken up
Team Probables:

Australia
1 Matthew Hayden, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Andrew Symonds, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Brett Lee, 9 Mitchell Johnson, 10 Jason Krejza, 11 Peter Siddle.

South Africa
1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Neil McKenzie, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Morne Morkel, 9 Paul Harris, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini.