White keyed up about pacer Cummins

Teenage fast bowler Patrick Cummins has fracture on the scene so rapidly that Australia T20 captain, Cameron White, has not yet seen him in action.

"It's attractive thrilling. I saw him bowl in a couple of games on television. Anyone who bowls at 150 (kilometres an hour) is pretty good to watch," White said on Sunday at an arrival media meeting ahead of two Twenty20 internationals against South Africa.

"I'm not a big cricket watcher on TV when I'm not playing but those kinds of players keep you really involved in the game," added White of the 18-year-old from New South Wales.

"I haven't played with Pat before so I'm really looking forward to seeing him in the flesh and out on the ground. He's got some actually good pace," he added.

Cummins and several other Australians will have to make a quick change after playing in the Champions League Twenty20 in India in front of the first match next to South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.

The second match is at the Wanderers in Johannesburg next Sunday.

"It's not ideal," said White. "But those guys have been playing cricket whereas some of the other guys haven't play much because we're pending out of our winter in Australia."

White cited opening batsman David Warner, who finished his Nokia Champions League movement with two consecutive centuries.

"David has had some good achievement against the Protease and he's one of many risky batsmen we have. It's better coming from some hard, spirited cricket than just preparing in the nets."

White said that even though it was a young Australian team they had set their sights on winning both matches.

"We've picked the best Twenty20 side we've got obtainable. South Africa is a great team.

"They're inactive a couple of players and (injured captain) AB de Villiers will be missed because he's a fantastic player, but there's no uncertainty they'll be very tough to beat."

White has only been chosen for the Twenty20 matches and is not in the squad for the three one-day internationals and two Tests that follow.

"It's just the way it is," he said. "There are only two Twenty20 games in this series so we'll try and do our best in a short stay."

Australian Twenty20 squad: Cameron White (capt), Shane Watson, Doug Bollinger, Patrick Cummins, Aaron Finch, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Stephen O'Keefe, James Pattinson, Steven Smith, Matthew Wade (wkt), David Warner

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White cool over Australia training

Australia T20 captain, Cameron White, is undisturbed by his team's rambling preparation for their two matches with South Africa later this month.

With some members of his squad concerned in the Nokia Champions League T20 tournament in India, the entire team will be jointly for just four days before the first match with the Proteas gets under way in Cape Town on October 13.

While yielding the training is far from perfect, White believe the fact that some of his men have been challenging in the heat of the Champions League cauldron will be helpful when the tour kicks off.

"It's almost certainly not ideal, but at the same time those guys that have come in from all parts of the world have in fact been playing some cricket," White said.

"We're coming off a winter back in Australia; some of the other guys that have come from home haven't played much.

"Though you'd like to be together for longer in the lead-up, at least some of the guys have had some Twenty20 cricket and I think that's better training than just nets."

White is expectant a stern test from South Africa in the T20s, in spite of the home side being without some of their biggest names.

"Not only their Twenty20 side, but also their Test match and one-day side - they're a great team and have been for a long time now," had he said.

"I well-known the Proteas are inactive a couple of players and clearly AB de Villiers will be missed, he's an unbelievable player, so there's no doubt that they're a great side and they'll be very tough to beat."

White has faith that his own squad will be up to the job, and is expecting big things from David Warner, who has been at his swaggering best in India.

"Noticeably the standout's almost certainly David Warner," White said. "He's had some good success next to the Proteas before, one memorable game at the MCG a couple of years ago. He's one of many dangerous batsmen that we have."

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