Alex Carey said Australia are excited by the challenge posed by a formidable South Africa when they meet in the Champions Trophy for the first time in Rawalpindi on Tuesday.

Australia, winners in 2006 and 2009, chased down 352, the highest target in tournament history, against England in Lahore in a Group ‘B’ game on Saturday. Carey made a brilliant 69 alongside man-of-the-match Josh Inglis, who scored his maiden one-day international hundred, to seal a five-wicket win. South Africa overwhelmed Afghanistan by 107 runs in a clinical performance in Karachi.