No 'massive demons' in MCG wicket, says Nortje ahead of Proteas 2nd Test against Australia

Fast bowler Anrich Nortje believes there is nothing surprising about the MCG wicket ahead of the Proteas' highly anticipated second Test against Australia in Melbourne.

Australia defeated South Africa with much ease by six wickets in the first of three Tests in Brisbane at the Gabba, where the pitch was in the spotlight.

For the second bout, set to start on Monday, the 29-year-old Nortje is not concerned about the surface.

However, he wants his team-mates to focus on the job at hand when South Africa take to the field on Boxing Day at 01:30 (SA time).

"We'll have to wait and see," said Nortje when queried about the wicket.

"You can't really go into history too much, but it seems like a good wicket in terms of pace and bounce.

"I don't think there will be as much side movement as there was in Brisbane so hopefully we'll just be able to stick to the basics.

"I know it's simple to say but that's what we'll be hoping to do and use our bouncers as a bowling unit.

"As a bowling unit I don't think there are going to be massive demons in the wicket. I've never played here, so I can't speak from experience, but we think it will be a good contest."

Nortje says that the first Test could have gone in South Africa's favour but they are not fretting over the result as they prepare to go head-to-head against Australia again at the MCG.

"When we look back at the last game, it was just a matter of probably half a session, not even a session, and the game could have been different and we could have been in a winning position...that's how quick things were happening," the paceman told the media at the MCG on Saturday.

"So you can't look at losing by six wickets and say it's a big margin on that wicket, it might have been a very small margin.

"So