Britain Cricket - Australia Nets - Edgbaston - June 9, 2017 Australia’s Steve Smith during nets Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers Livepic
DURBAN (Reuters) - Australia captain Steve Smith won the toss and chose to bat in sunny conditions at Kingsmead on the opening day of the four-test series against South Africa on Thursday.
The series is being set up as a battle between two highly-rated pace attacks but the Durban wicket is likely to be slow on a hot and humid day with Smith saying he hoped to put together a big first innings total.
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