South Africa were involved in a mix-up over training facilities in London in the build-up to the start of the ICC World Twenty20.

They were due to practise at Southgate today in preparation for the first of two warm-up matches against Pakistan at Trent Bridge tomorrow, but arrived at the ground to discover officials had no record of their planned training session.

It prompted them to return to Lord's and train there instead, but captain Graeme Smith praised his squad's professionalism in their reaction to today's setback.

"Something that we've been really good about is responsibility and professionalism during this period and even today, when we had not so great training facilities, the guys have still applied themselves and been professional," said Smith.

"We had a scheduled training at Southgate and when we rocked up there it wasn't scheduled in their books so we had to make our way from Southgate to Lord's to train.

"It was a bit of an interesting first day and there are a few things to address in the technical briefing later."

Smith is confident today's setback will not deflect South Africa from attempting to claim another first in this tournament following historic Test series wins in England and Australia over the last year.

"I think we've had an incredible period in South African cricket and achieved so many firsts in the last 16 months and the squad has really grown," he said.

"The confidence is good, there's a really good balance between youth and experience and we're obviously excited about playing this tournament.

"There is a lot more talent and flair among the South African team than ever before and hopefully we can put that into play during this tournament."