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England have no reason to be fearful of the Wanderers, however, for their record in three visits since readmission is as balanced as could be. From Michael Atherton's epic 185 not out, via 2 for 4 and all that, and all the way to Matthew Hoggard's 12-wicket heist in 2004-05, they have emerged with one draw, one defeat and one win, with each encounter as memorable as the next. The only fitting follow-up would be a tie.
This time, however, there's no doubt that England are still on the upward slope - it is, after all, less than a year since they were bundled out for 51 in Jamaica. Five more days of intense concentration in the rarified Highveld atmosphere, and Andrew Strauss's England can truly claim to have scaled new heights.
South Africa: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Ashwell Prince, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 AB de Villiers, 6 JP Duminy, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Paul Harris, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Wayne Parnell.
England: (probable) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Ian Bell, 7 Matt Prior (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Graham Onions.
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