New Zealand are playing tour match prior to the first official day-night Test match against Australia where the pink ball is to be introduced.
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Sam Whiteman flourished against the Kiwis and the pink ball.
Guptill just hopes that flows into Adelaide given his lean batting spell in the opening two tests as Australia hold a 1-0 lead heading into the third and final clash, starting on Friday.
“I’d class him as pretty skiddy”, Whiteman said.
Chasing Western Australia’s 345 the Black Caps amassed 426 for the loss of 10 wickets with BJ Watling’s 81 the other major contribution.
He believed it was about making adjustments and learning to live with the situation as feelings continued to be mixed about the performance of the ball. “Towards the end it was nearly not really pink – and the square is in pretty good nick”, he said.
“I found it alright… but it’s a pretty good wicket out there”, he said.
“It’s probably worse when you’re fielding”. “He’s on to you a bit quicker than you think, sort of hustle and bustle and gets in your face a little bit as well”.
Williamson could have had a brief hit under lights like Ross Taylor, who batted at No. 11 and faced 30 balls.
There was no surprise when Boult and Tim Southee were absent, given their recent workload, as New Zealand began in the field – second-tier pacemen Doug Bracewell and Matt Henry instead shared the new ball – but it was expected they would feature late in the innings.
Talking about the differences between the conventional red ball and the pink ball, Mascarenhas stated, “in the middle session it won’t swing as much as the red ball usually can”.
Left-arm seamer Neil Wagner did his NZ selection chances no harm ahead of this week’s day-night Test decider in Adelaide, taking five wickets and producing a series of edges under lights.
“It’s no different to a normal test match”.
He is recovering from a back problem.
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“We’ll assess him over the next couple of days and he’s on track to be fit for the third Test”, bowling coach Dimitri Mascarenhas of the left-armer, who has been down on pace and struggled during the first two Tests.
