The tourists boast fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen - all capable of firing 140 kph (90 mph) rockets down the wicket at the Gabba in Brisbane.
BRISBANE - Australia will face one of cricket's most hostile pace attacks when they play South Africa at Test level from Saturday for the first time since the infamous "Sandpaper-gate" series.
That's in stark contrast to the West Indies, who failed to trouble the hosts in a 164-run defeat at Perth followed by a 419-run hammering in Adelaide last week. "Hopefully we can continue the way we've started the summer," said Smith, who will pad up against the visitors for the first time in red-ball cricket since he was sent home in disgrace after the cheating row of 2018.
"So for us nothing changes, we're just going to continue to go about our business and hopefully play good, entertaining cricket."
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