LIVE SCORING: Proteas vs Australia in Cape Town

The Proteas come into the third and final Test against Australia full of confidence after completing a stunning fightback in the second Test to tie up the series 1-1.

An injury to Anrich Nortje has forced the Proteas into one team change, which sees fast bowler Gerald Coetzee come into the side.

Meanwhile, Australia have made four changes, most noticeably needing to bring in Cameron Green after star batsman Steve Smith was ruled out due to injury.

Australia won the toss just before the start of play on Tuesday, and chose to put the Proteas in to bat.

HOW THE PROTEAS AND AUSTRALIA WILL LINE UP

South Africa: 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Marques Ackerman, 3 David Bedingham, 4 Temba Bavuma (capt), 5 Matthew Breetzke, 6 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 7 Wiaan Mulder, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Simon Harmer, 10 Gerald Coetzee, 11 Kagiso Rabada.

Australia: 1 Travis Head, 2 Matt Renshaw, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Cameron Green, 5 Josh Inglis, 6 Alex Carey (wk), 7 Cooper Connolly, 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Josh Hazlewood.

LIVE SCORING

Looking ahead to the third Test, Proteas captain Temba Bavuma said the team was fired up to complete the job in Cape Town.

“There’s a massive desire, especially for the older guys,” Bavuma said. “I think of the last series when we played in Australia, where they bullied us in their backyard, and they played unbelievable cricket.

“There’s that motivation for us to right those wrongs, and also to look after our home record. I don’t feel I have to motivate anyone to ensure that the result goes our way.”

“I think from a batting point of view you know your work is going to be cut out and you have to be on the mark and you have to be sharp,” the skipper added.

“I think the bowlers have seen as well that you can’t have any soft periods within the game. The guys are always looking for opportunities to apply pressure on you.

“If you look at the first Test, on day one we were on top of the game and they came back into the game and they ended up winning. And the second game was similar because they were on top for the first couple of days and then we came back.

“So I think it really has been exciting and it shows there’s a fine line between winning and losing when two top teams come together.”