South Africa must polish the weaker element of their bowling armoury and make better use of a spinning wicket when they face Australia in the tri-series clash in Guyana.
They must also nullify the threat of Australia's powerful hitters on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) to stand any chance of victory in their second one-day international of the series, spinner Aaron Phangiso told reporters.
South Africa lost the opener in the 10-match series to hosts West Indies at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence on Friday after being dismissed for a paltry total of 188 as Sunil Narine returned to international action with a six-wicket haul.
South Africa's spinners took six wickets in reply but were also laid into by Kieron Pollard, whose unbeaten 67 took West Indies to a four-wicket victory.
"We can maybe try a different approach when a player like Pollard is on the attack, perhaps change up the lengths a little bit," Phangiso said on Sunday.
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"It's something that we will need to work on - how to counter a situation when a batsman is being positive and on the attack."
Against West Indies, Phangiso posted career-best figures of 3-40, which might have looked a lot more flattering had Pollard not hit him for three enormous sixes.
"I'm quite pleased with my performance but there is still a lot of improvement to be done," he said.
