Mitchell Starc has suffered a stress fracture and will not be able to bowl in the remainder of the ongoing third Test between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide.
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At the close, Australia were recovering at 54 for two, with skipper Steve Smith not out 24 and Adam Voges on nine.
Siddle snared his 200th test wicket when he removed Doug Bracewell and was upbeat despite his team-mate’s departure.
The injury forced Starc to miss a one-day worldwide in England in September when a cortisone injection failed to settle the injury as quickly as expected.
Australia are 8/13 to win the third Test while New Zealand start out at 10/3 to level the series.
Smith’s unique technique was given a thorough examination under lights at Adelaide Oval, where New Zealand swing kings Tim Southee and Trent Boult had the pink ball hooping.
Australia paceman Mitchell Starc captured the prized wicket of Kane Williamson late in the session as New Zealand reached 80-2 at the first interval on day one of the inaugural day-night test in Adelaide on Friday. We are going to do our best to play with a smile on our face and hopefully play well for Hughesy.
“To go out there in probably the toughest part of the day to be 2-50, it’s not a bad situation”.
Friday’s opening day of the first day-night test match falls a year to the day that Hughes died in a Sydney hospital at the age of 25 from a serious head injury, having been struck in the head by a bouncer during a domestic match.
Here’s what you need to know about the match; the first of its kind in Test cricket’s 138-year history.
And with a draw at 5/1, it is a distant possibility but a lot could depend on how the surface behaves under the lights. It definitely swung around a little bit with the new ball, and still a shade of it at 22 overs old.
“From what everyone is saying, it’s a different game under lights”.
Victoria’s next Shield match is on December 6 against South Australia at the MCG, while the West Indians begin their tour with a four-day match against a Cricket Australia XI in Brisbane on December 2.
Then Josh Hazlewood 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.
The good news for the Australians is that conditions should favor batting during the daylight hours on Saturday.
The lacquer on the experimental pink ball is said to deteriorate quicker than red and white balls, while batsmen have reported the green seam as being hard to pick up.
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“So we’re really excited about it and hopefully it goes off brilliantly, with no challenges and no problems”.
