Australia vs South Africa First Test: Live streaming, when and where to watch and squads

Australia will face South Africa in the first Test on Saturday (December 17). In this exciting three-match Test series, the two World Test Championship (WTC) leaders will square off. Australia continues to top the points table, and the gap has expanded slightly. South Africa need to win the series to give themselves a decent chance of making it to the WTC finals. The Gabba will host another mouthwatering test cricket match between two talented sides. The Australians will be buoyed by their series victory over the West Indies. The Proteas, on the other hand, would be returning to the field for the first time since the T20 World Cup.

They will like to put the world cup setback behind them and succeed in this series in order to secure a last berth in the World Test Championship final. Since 2008, South Africa has not lost a Test series in Australia. The Proteas have mastered the code to perform effectively on Australia’s quick and bouncy grounds. But, at the time, South Africa had a powerful batting order that included Hashim Amala, AB de Villiers, Smith, and Kallis. Back in 2022, the visitors’ batting is dreadful. Only Dean Elgar has extensive experience playing in Australia. Temba Bavuma is out of form, but Rassie van der Dussen is set to return from injury.

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Australia vs South Africa First Test: Live streaming, when and where to watch

The match would be live on the Sony Liv app.

Australia vs South Africa First Test:

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey, Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon

South Africa: Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Khaya Zondo, Temba Bavuma, van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne, Keshav Maharaj, Rabada, Ngidi, Nortje, Gerald Coetzee