The variation brought to the table by Johnson, and more recently Starc, has been a key weapon in Australia’s arsenal but right-armers may have to shoulder the burden through to the end of the two-test tour of New Zealand in February.
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“When I speak to the players, that’s how I talk to them”.
“It was a great Test match”.
Based on the initial evidence, day-night Tests look set to become part of global cricket schedules for years to come.
“Adelaide Tests are traditionally well supported by local fans and interstate visitors but the total attendance was a record in the city for a non-Ashes fixture”.
“We are delighted that so many have embraced the day-night Test concept”, Sutherland said in a statement released on Tuesday.
Peter Nevill of Australia takes a catch to dismiss Brendon McCullum on day one of the Third Test.
Curator Damian Hough deliberately produced a grassy pitch to ensure the pink ball stayed in shape longer.
After losing seven players to the Big Bash, Holder remains optimistic that the unchanged squad has improved since the West Indies’ poor performance against Sri Lanka in October.
“We’re not too concerned about that”, Marsh said. He took a little while to find his feet at Test level against the moving ball under trying conditions in England, but the thing that we all liked about him was the fact that… the opposition had to get him out.
Overall, he thought the match was an emphatic success.
When asked why he walked out to bat risking aggravating the injury, Starc laughed and said, “I’d like to ask Steve Smith the same question”.
“It was really good that they (the bowlers) made batsmen look vulnerable again”. The survey, perhaps unsurprisingly, claimed two thirds of spectators in Adelaide actually found the pink ball easier to see.
“He bowled like a genius”, Starc said.
“The whole Test was a great innovation”. Over 1,23,000 people, who turned up across three days at Adelaide are a testimony to that, not to forget the millions who watched it on television. “Overall, it’s a roaring success – 120,000 people turning up over three days”.
After 11 centuries were scored in the opening two Tests, the balance of power swung sharply to the bowlers in Adelaide.
Marsh has also given a strong indication that Josh Hazlewood is in line to be rested at some point over the summer as Australia continue to juggle a pace attack that has been hit hard by injury and retirement this year.
“I think that it would be a good positive, I think the fans are calling for it”.
No ball was needed to be replaced due to it breaking up ahead of time, so that’s got to be a plus – particularly given the hassles the red Kookaburra was serving up in previous Tests. “Not much swing early on but you did get a bit of seam movement throughout the day”. New Zealand paceman Trent Boult.
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“It was certainly a very tense finish”.
