Sydney, Aug 26 - South Africa is taking their new tag of world No.1 in Test cricket very seriously. They have vowed to create an Australian-style dynasty and prevent them from recapturing the mantle of top Test nation.

Australia slumped to No. 4 after its Ashes loss. It had been rated the world's best team since Mark Taylor's side defeated the West Indies in 1995.

'We would love to create that sort of aura and the sort of results that Australia had for so long,' South African coach Mickey Arthur was quoted as saying by Herald Sun.

'The results we have achieved in the past 18 months vindicate us being the No. 1 side in world cricket.'

South Africa scripted its maiden Test series win in Australia last summer, but surprisingly lost the return series at home.