South Africa series will be combative, says England's selector Ashley Giles.

(From Guardian Unlimited)

Macho doesn't prove mucho, observed the actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, but according to the Test selector Ashley Giles the characteristic will be a feature of the approaching Test series between England and South Africa.

Giles will be with the team until the end of the first Test, which starts in Centurion on Wednesday, and he is expecting an aggressive, combative series.

"It's going to be a bit macho," he said. "The South Africans are a bit that way. You do go toe to toe. It's a bit of a battle and that's fantastic."

Giles is here in an advisory capacity rather than as a picker and chooser of personnel, but he also has a …