SA expecting close to full strength vs Australia Tests !!!

South Africa expect to be back at full strength  when they begin a four-Test series against Australia next week. Four players from the team that faced - Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers, Vernon Philander and Quinton de Kock  have all been waylaid by injuries this month, but Cricket South Africa's is  confident that they will recover in time for the first Test in Durban on March 1.

du Plessis' injury was the most concerning. The batsman fractured his right index finger in the first ODI against India at the beginning of February.Meanwhile de Villiers missed the first three ODIs after injuring the same finger while de Kock was hit on the left wrist during the second ODI.

Two South African  players that are unlikely to be among the squad when it is named later this week are Dale Steyn and Temba Bavuma. The batsman fractured a finger during a franchise game in January and is not expected to recover, leaving an in-form Theunis de Bruyn as the likely back-up batsman.

That would ideally see Steyn turn out for the Titans in a four-day match against the Warriors that begins on the same day as the first Test. 

While the rest of the fast bowlers are fit,However Rabada is not part of South Africa's T20 squad that is playing three matches against India, and it is hoped that the two-week rest will allow him to recover before another demanding Test series.