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Match factsSeptember 30, 2016 Start time 1330 local (1130 GMT)Big PictureIts not even October and the headline series of South Africas summer is already beginning. No disrespect to Sri Lanka, who are the only touring team to visit later this year, but the fans will regard Australia as a bigger draw, and even though they are only playing ODIs, the series will generate significant interest.The Champions Trophy is nine months out but this will be the start of South Africas planning and, worryingly, it does not include AB de Villiers. The regular captain has been ruled out of the series with an elbow injury which leaves a hole in the leadership, in the batting line-up and in the field. It will be up to Faf du Plessis and JP Duminy to step up as senior players, while David Miller and Farhaan Behardien will need to find form with the bat and light up the fielding effort. South Africas squad as a whole must show they can cope in the absence of one of their biggest names. The bowling will be bolstered by the return of Dale Steyn, who was rested for the West Indies tri-series in June. He will have Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada, Wayne Parnell, Dwaine Pretorius and Andile Phehlukwayo for company.Australia have not packed their pace pack with the same power, leaving several frontliners at home while giving opportunities to a younger crop. They have brought their captain along for the trip, which is certain to provide fodder for some off-field banter - Steven Smith was sent home from Sri Lanka to prepare for the summer and among those critical of the decisions were South Africans. Steyn and Graeme Smith had a few things to say on social media and, given the tension between Steyn and former Australia captain Michael Clarke in the past, this could be episode two.Episode three, of course, will take place in November when what some will consider the real battle begins. South Africa travel to Australia for three Tests. For now, enjoy the opening act.Form guideSouth Africa WLWLW (last five completed matches, most recent first)Australia WWWWLIn the spotlightDe Villiers absence for the next two months leaves Faf du Plessis in charge. Du Plessis has not been shy about expressing his desire to captain more and especially to lead from the front. With scrutiny over his scoring rate, this is the format in which he may feel he needs to prove himself. The middle overs are where South Africa dont want to let the game drift and it will be up to du Plessis to push their cause.Mitchell Marsh struggled for consistency in length on his return to the ODI side against Ireland, after having been rested for the Sri Lanka series last month. None of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, James Faulkner or Nathan Coulter-Nile are in the touring party, so it will be up to Marsh to play his part in filling those roles. He has taken more ODI wickets in 2016 than in any other year but has also been expensive, with an average of 34.13 compared to his 2015 average of 23.35. He will want to tighten up against South Africa.Teams newsWith Dale Steyn and Imran Tahir back in the squad, Andile Phehlukwayo and Aaron Phangiso are likely to be the two casualties from the Ireland victory. In the absence of Chris Morris, both Wayne Parnell and Dwaine Pretorius are likely to keep their places. Hashim Amla was sick and he rested a day before the match, but du Plessis was 99% sure the opener would be fine on Friday.South Africa (possible): 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 JP Duminy, 5 David Miller, 6 Farhaan Behardien, 7 Wayne Parnell, 8 Dwaine Pretorius, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Imran TahirAfter Usman Khawajas unbeaten 82 in the Ireland match, Australia will be hard-pressed to choose between him and Aaron Finch. They may look to change their bowling attack with Chris Tremain coming into contention.Australia (possible): 1 David Warner, 2 Aaron Finch/Usman Khawaja, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 George Bailey, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Mathew Wade (wk), 8 John Hastings, 9 Adam Zampa, 10 Chris Tremain/Daniel Worrall, 11 Scott BolandPitch and conditionsUnlike Benonis tacky and, at times, two-paced pitch, SuperSport Park is expected to produce a pristine surface packed with runs. There should be something in it for the quicks too. Summer has arrived on the Highveld and a warm day is forecast, with temperatures close to 30 degrees. There is also the possibility of an afternoon thunderstorm which may interrupt briefly.Stats and triviaIn the last two years, South Africa and Australia have played eight ODIs against each other. Of those, Australia have won five and South Africa two, with one no-result.Faf du Plessis has led South Africa in four ODIs, of which they have won three. The only defeat came in his captaincy debut against New Zealand in Kimberley in January 2013.QuotesPretoria and Wanderers are generally wickets that dont offer too much spin, but there is always a role for a spinner to contain the game. So I definitely see the role of a spinner, not much attacking, but by doing a holding job. For the first three games, we wont see too much spin. South Africas stand-in captain Faf du Plessis indicates South Africa will field at least one of their three spinnners.Both of our top orders play the same pretty much all around the world. Their job is to go out and play the way they play and be nice and positive. You cant really ask David Warner and Aaron Finch to go block it around. Its not the way they play and its not the way I want them to play either.Steven Smith agrees that this series may become a battle of the top orders. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. 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TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Drivers who are typically knocked out of the Chase for the Sprint Cup at Talladega Superspeedway often moan about getting caught up in a mess created by someone else.For the four drivers eliminated Sunday following the Hellmanns 500, they could only look at themselves to blame.With no big crash taking out competitors, the four eliminated drivers -- Austin Dillon, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski -- just didnt perform as well as needed to advance to the semifinal round of eight.Truex and Keselowski -- with four wins apiece this year -- were victims of engine failures. Keselowski, facing a nearly must-win situation, had led 90 laps before his engine went sour with 44 laps remaining.Im not an engine guy, but the car was really strong and we definitely kept finding debris, said Keselowski, whose car had debris covering air vents on the front bumper twice, including a few laps before his engine blew. I thought I got it cooled off and only got it slightly over, but I dont know. ... Thats racing.We just had a tremendous race going, but it wasnt meant to be.Truexs engine expired much earlier, just 41 laps into the race; he had started on the pole.This sport is tough, and we didnt perform at Kansas and Charlotte the way we were capable, and we had some issues there and that put us in the hole, and if we coould have went there and done better and maybe got a win, then we wouldnt be talking about this right now, Truex said.ddddddddddddWe didnt get the job done.While Keselowski missed the cutoff by 35 points, Elliott (who finished 12th at Talladega) missed it by 28 and Truex by 25. Dillon missed a chance to advance on a tiebreaker.Denny Hamlin used a third-place finish, six spots ahead of Dillon, to tie Dillon with 78 points in the round. Hamlins third-place finish?was the best for either driver in the round.?With the result,?Hamlin earned the spot in the next round and eliminated Dillon.I guess it wasnt our day to do it, Dillon said. We tried. We didnt really have enough speed all day to do much. ... We just couldnt get another spot. We got a couple there at the end, but it didnt work out.Elliott, a rookie, faced a must-win situation. Both Elliott and Dillon still seek their first career wins.Theres no time to be?disappointed, Elliott said. Well just move on. ... The most important thing in this sport is winning, and we want to do that. I felt that we had a good enough car to compete with them.Once I fell out of the top 10 and got back there, it was just hard to make up those big chunks of ground in a hurry. ' ' '