Hosts are in chaos ahead of Test series

England arrive in Johannesburg later today and opposition coach Ray Jennings is already feeling nervous.

South Africa are seldom short of confidence but Jennings, who has been in the job for less than two months, sounds jittery ahead of the five-Test series.

"I've got to be careful we don't create too much expectation," he said. "I'm nervous about England."

While Michael Vaughan and half his Test squad were beating Zimbabwe 4-0 in a one-day series, the Proteas were returning home defeated from a tour of India.

The England team which won seven consecutive Tests last summer will be reunited tonight after completing their whitewash of Zimbabwe with a 74-run victory in Bulawayo yesterday. Vaughan scored 90 not out and was named man of the series.

But it is anyone's guess who South Africa will rely on this winter. They have just sacked chairman of selectors Omar Henry, while the future for senior players such as Herschelle Gibbs, Mark Boucher and Nicky Boje remains uncertain.