South Africa v England-first test

DURBAN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Factbox on the test series between South Africa and England, which starts on Saturday: MATCHES (all start 10:30 a.m local, 0830 GMT except the first test which starts at 10:00 a.m local, 0800 GMT) Dec 26-30 First test Kingsmead, Durban Jan 2-6 Second test Newlands, Cape Town Jan 14-18 Third test Wanderers, Johannesburg Jan 22-26 Fourth test Centurion, Pretoria - - SOUTH AFRICA Test ranking: 1 Captain: Hashim Amla Coach: Russell Domingo Highest-ranked batsman: AB de Villiers (3) Highest-ranked bowler: Dale Steyn (1) Squad: Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Kyle Abbott, Temba Bavuma, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Morne Morkel, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn, Stiaan van Zyl. - - ENGLAND Test ranking: 5 Captain: Alastair Cook Coach: Trevor Bayliss Highest-ranked batsman in squad: Joe Root (2) Highest-ranked bowler: James Anderson (3) Squad: Alastair Cook, Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance, Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler, Nick Compton, Steven Finn, Mark Footitt, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Samit Patel, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Taylor, Chris Woakes. - - HEAD-TO-HEAD Test matches played: 141 South Africa wins: 31 England wins: 56 Draws: 54 Tied: 0 - - PREVIOUS TEST SERIES IN SOUTH AFRICA Season Tests Winners Result 2009-10 4 Drawn 1-1 2004-05 5 England 2-1 1999-00 5 South Africa 2-1 1995-96 5 South Africa 1-0 1964-65 5 England 1-0 1956-57 5 Drawn 2-2 1948-49 5 England 2-0 1938-39 5 England 1-0 1930-31 5 South Africa 1-0 1927-28 5 Drawn 2-2 1922-23 5 England 2-1 1913-14 5 England 4-0 1909-10 5 South Africa 3-2 1905-06 4 South Africa 4-1 1898-99 2 England 2-0 1895-96 3 England 3-0 1888-89 2 England 2-0 (Compiled by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Neville Dalton)