In the end class — and some shoddy goalkeeping — was the difference.

CRICKET authorities will learn much about the extent to which Twenty20 is gobbling up one-day cricket when Australia hosts South Africa in the first 50-over game of the summer at the MCG tomorrow night.

> TUNE IN Tennis: Kooyong Classic, Prime, 11am: Chris Dittmar hosts this round robin event which provides eight of the world's best with a final warm-up for the Australian Open.

STATE selection will be a big incentive for Redhead surf-lifesavers Hannah Trypas, Jessica Collins, Isaac Morgan and Matt Fairbairn when their club hosts the final round of the NSW Premiership Series on Saturday.

AUSTRALIA will overhaul its insipid bowling line-up before the Boxing Day Test in a desperate bid to to repel the greatest challenge to its Test cricketing sovereignty in a decade.