Intro:

South Africa captain Hashim Amla held a news conference on the eve of the first Test between South Africa and the West Indies at Centurion.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Hashim Amla, South Africa captain:

"I mean captaining at home is something... something special because, you know, having made my captaincy debut overseas you don't have the hype and the attention towards it, which probably was a good thing. And now (I'm) a bit more settled in the captaincy. And playing at home - we've felt like we've been away for quite a long time. During this year we've had quite a few away series already, so to be at home and to give the fans some home cricket, and hopefully the home support and hopefully some victories as well. So it's really nice to be back."