Australia will play a three-Test series at Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town and five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games on its 2008-09 South Africa tour.

Cricket South Africa announced on Friday that the tour will commence with a three-day match between the Australians and South Africa A in Potchefstroom from February 20-22, before the first Test on February 26 at Johannesburg, before further Tests in Durban on March 6 and Cape Town on March 19.

The two Twenty20 Internationals will be staged at Johannesburg and Centurion on March 27 and 29 respectively. The ODI series will see games in Durban on April 3, Centurion on April 5, Cape Town on April 9, Port Elizabeth on April 13 and finally Johannesburg on April 17.

Australia are currently ranked No.1 in the world in Test cricket and South Africa are leading the world rankings in one-day cricket.