Proteas batsman Rassie van der Dussen insists the South African batting attack has been unfairly judged as they haven't been playing in favourable conditions.The Proteas are preparing for a four-day warm-up game before tackling Australia in a three-match Test series, starting on 17 December in Brisbane.Van der Dussen returns to the Proteas set-up after missing out on the T20 World Cup due to a finger injury sustained during the England Test series.Last month, Van der Dussen returned to competitive action in two CSA 4-Day Franchise Series games.
He opened the batting for the Lions and notched totals of 45, 10, 30 and 9.South Africa play an unofficial four-day match against a Cricket Australia XI side from 9-12 December at the Allan Border Field."I've got some game time in the middle for the Lions, and there's two matches.
It was good time on the feet to get back into it and I'm looking forward to this week. I'm feeling good."Van der Dussen's presence bolsters the Proteas batting line-up, which has struggled with form of late and will be without the services of Keegan Petersen.There have been some encouraging performances during the 4-Day Franchise Series, with Kyle Verreynne and Theunis de Bruyn scoring centuries ahead of the Australian series.Van der Dussen hopes they can transfer their domestic form to the international level as they look to come against a ruthless Australian outfit."I know our first-class structure in South Africa is tough cricket so to spend 10-odd years in that structure, you do develop as a player, but also along the mental side of it," Van der Dussen told reporters on Thursday."If you look at the makeup of our batting line-up of our squad, you get guys who are resilient, who know their game and