After impressive second Test victory, South Africa have the momentum on their side. Proteas speedster, Rabada was all over Australia's wobbly batting in Port Elizabeth en route to an 11-wicket man-of-the-match performance in the second test.

Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon is just four wickets short of 300 Test scalps. He would be the first Australian off-spinner to reach that milestone and the fifth off-spinner overall. Proteas most dependable batsmen Hashim Amla is inching closer to 9000 Test runs, needing 123 runs to become the 15th batsman to reach the landmark. Before Amla, Proteas Legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis and former skipper Graeme Smith are the only South Africans with more runs than Hasim Amla.

"Looking at the first two Test matches we haven't had someone go on and score a hundred. That's really big for us. If we can get someone in the top four to go on and make a big score it will set the game up for us. That hasn't been good enough in the first two games and we want to turn that around." Australian skipper Steve Smith said

Australia: David Warner, Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith (c), Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

South Africa: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis (c), Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.