Cricket: Side needs to shelve self-pity to rebound: Watson

Vice-captain Shane Watson says the Australian cricketers who were part of the humiliation in the first test are desperate for another chance to redeem themselves in Johannesburg.

Watson said no player was more capable than any other and the Australians were determined to save face and square the two-match series.

Amid speculation over potential personnel changes, there's no hiding from the fact the Australians are shell-shocked. But Watson said they must stop feeling sorry for themselves and get back on the job.

"Easy. We need to turn it around. We need to get out there and show more discipline," he said. "I'm really looking forward to showing what I can do with the bat and set up the foundation of the innings. I haven't done that for a little while, everyone is feeling the same way.

"The way to turn it around is to get out there and show them what we can do.

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"I hope we get a chance to make amends. In certain times in this game we did some good things and then we did some pretty horrendous things as well. There's no individual that was any more to blame than anyone, it was a team performance and we got ourselves in a bad position.

"We all have to come together and show some big improvement to square the series."

- AAP