The hosts aren’t in control of the contest yet, however Smith and Adam Voges should find batting a lot easier on Saturday. Inward movement from Josh Hazlewood got Martin Guptill into a tangle, the ball struck his back thigh, and the appeal was upheld.
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Josh Hazlewood then earned the honour of the first wicket, trapping Guptill lbw for one, but Australia made their move in the second session when they claimed three wickets in the space of 11 balls.
Starc left the ground to go for scans on the right ankle that has been troubling him throughout the year and which caused him to grimace in obvious pain in his ninth over here on Friday.
Hughes” former Australian teammate Matthew Wade posted a picture of the pair on a night out and said “I miss you every single day bro but these next few days are not going to be easy!!!
“But it’s not going to matter too much if we don’t bowl well over the next little while”.
World Series Cricket, established by Australian media baron Kerry Packer in the late 1970s, played a huge role in revolutionizing the game when it threatened to go stale by using the one-day format, a white ball, coloured uniforms, and playing under lights for the first time.
There will be keen interest in the performance of the newly-designed pink ball which is expected to swing freely during the different atmospheric conditions of the night session. “The game is well and truly progressed – definitely a pretty good first day”.
First day-night Test will be played at the Adelaide Oval from 27 November to 1 December 2015 with a pink Kookaburra ball.
“They are encouraged by what the pink ball Test match has to offer”.
Wicketkeeper BJ Watling was on 24 and Doug Bracewell on five, the tourists having given up five wickets in a session plagued by poor shot selection.
New Zealand were playing a Test against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates when the Hughes tragedy unfolded.
Earlier New Zealand had been dismissed for an ordinary 202 shortly after the evening dinner break.
Veteran seamer Peter Siddle took two wickets yesterday to join Australia’s 200-test wicket club, the 15th player to the milestone and 11th fast bowler. On the other hand, bowlers say that the ball gets old quickly.
“We’ve got enough bowling in our lineup to take the 10 wickets (in New Zealand’s second innings)”.
And as well as being the start of a new era for Test cricket, it is also the dawning of Australia’s post-Johnson period, with Mitchell Johnson’s retirement after the Perth Test altering the look of their attack.
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Australia and New Zealand players at Adelaide Oval wore black armbands as did Sheffield Shield cricketers in their matches around Australia Friday. They have a tough job ahead.
