Unavailable: Marchant de Lange [Titans] not yet recovered from lower back
problems
A B de Villiers was at one stage doubtful for the tour owing to
back and ankle problems; as was Alviro Petersen owing to a hand injury.
Tour Party Announced :10 October
2012.
Not selected : Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Albie Morkel.
Time between selection and departure from South Africa
17 days
(10 October - 27 October)
Travel
Departure from OR Tambo International
Airport, Johannesburg
was on Saturday 27 October, apart from players still involved in the T20
championship
Arrived Sydney on morning of 28 October
Players involved in the T20
matches in South Africa,
Alviro Petersen, Jacques Rudolph, Morne Morkel and Thami Tsolekile arrived in
Sydney on
Tuesday afternoon 30 October.
Time spent in Australia
x days
(28 October - depart Host)
On-tour selection panel
Reinforcements
J P Duminy snapped his achilees tendon doing fitness
work on 8 November so Dean Elgar was added to the
squad. He joined the team on 14 November while Duminy returned home to South Africa
on 17 November.