Wickets continued to fall regularly thereafter and it was left to the lower-order players Phangiso and Rabada to assist Behardien in lifting the South Africans closer to the 200-run mark.
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The match to be held from November 24-28, will then be followed by a day-night Test against Pakistan at the Gabba, beginning December 15.
Apart from Shamsi, Wayne Parnell-playing after nearly a year-removed the most risky Australian batsman David Warner in the second over and trapped skipper Steven Smith lbw in the eighth over. “It’s still a bit uncomfortable but you have to do what you have to do”, Narine said after the victory.
“I think it (the Ashes) works pretty well with the red ball”.
“They’ve made some amendments to that, they’ve made it a black seam now”. We’ll wait and see what happens with that one.
Concern that their players would be at a significant disadvantage, due to their lack of experience with the pink ball, was the main reason for such feelings.
Almost 124,000 people attended the inaugural day-night Test match in Adelaide a year ago when Australia took on New Zealand.
An additional warm-up match under lights prior to the third Test is also being planned, giving the players a further opportunity to acclimatize to the pink ball. However, this will not be a day-night fixture. Although he is set to return to the squad through the South Africa A side.
South Africa captain AB de Villiers added that the major concern for the players was having adequate preparation with a pink ball.
“The players looked at all the pros and cons of playing this. You want to test your skills with that whole thing and it’s very exciting”.
“The bowlers didn’t really have anything to bowl at, although we tried really, really hard and did get four of the Australians’ wickets”.
The Proteas will play two two-day warm-up games with the pink ball in Australia ahead of the Adelaide Test.
“Playing against England, we always get the viewers and the crowds out, so I don’t think there is any issue there”.
“We didn’t adapt well enough with the bat today”, was Smith’s assessment of his team’s reply.
Meanwhile, CA removed the “TBC” on Wednesday from this summer’s schedule.
Farhaan Behardien’s fifth One-Day-International half-century helped South Africa recover from 112 for 6 but it was the bowlers who took them to the win.
“I would like to acknowledge the open manner in which Cricket South Africa and the South African Cricketers Association have worked through this matter with us”.
CA chief executive James Sutherland thanked CSA for making the fixture possible.
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Tickets for the bulk of the 2016-17 worldwide summer are already on sale and CA confirmed the day-night Adelaide Test would go on sale later this month. General public tickets will be on sale from noon on June 27.
