11/26Result
3rd Test (D/N), New Zealand tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 27-29 2015
Australia won by 3 wkts
Player of the Match
Josh Hazlewood
Josh HazlewoodAustralia
11/26Result
3rd Test (D/N), New Zealand tour of Australia at Adelaide, Nov 27-29 2015
Australia won by 3 wkts
Player of the Match
Josh Hazlewood
Josh HazlewoodAustralia

7.45pm: Well, the pink ball didn't do anything particularly mischievous but New Zealand still failed to make a significant mark after winning the toss. Maybe it was the occasion getting to them but losing 3 for 4 after tea (lunch) and 5 for 70 in the second session practically guaranteed a sub-par total. Their lights went out almost before the lights came on. However, let's hold the assessment until Australia have got through the rest of the evening, with 22 overs to bowl and the darkness closing in over Adelaide.

Mitchell Starc update: He has been sent to hospital for assessment, having gone off during the middle session due to his chronic ankle problem.

65.2
W
Hazlewood to Southee, OUT, slapped into the sky and taken by Warner it mid-off - he hurls the ball away in celebration and then runs off to get padded up. Southee didn't get hold of another filthy slog and Hazlewood wraps up the innings

TG Southee c Warner b Hazlewood 16 (20m 15b 1x4 1x6) SR: 106.66

65.1
0
Hazlewood to Southee, no run, slightly back-of-a-length delivery around off stump, play and a miss

Abhishek Agrawa is zipping up his anorak: "Let's talk about the firsts of this historic pink ball Test cricket. 1st victim: Guptil, 1st wicket taker: Hazelwood, 1st boundary: Williamson, 1st 50: Latham, 1st 6: Southee. waiting for 1st duck, century and other records"

END OF OVER:
65 | 3 Runs | NZ: 202/9

  • Trent Boult2 (7b)
  • Tim Southee16 (13b)
  • Peter Siddle17-5-54-2
  • Josh Hazlewood17-2-66-2
64.6
2
Siddle to Boult, 2 runs, short outside off and carted over cover, a lazy waft of the bat but he got plenty on it, Boult off the mark

"Query: Is the ball still in its pink of health ;-)" It's looking in better shape than New Zealand, Observer

64.5
1
Siddle to Southee, 1 run, full and straight, 132kph and glanced through square leg - that's the NZ 200 up
64.4
0
Siddle to Southee, no run, goes full now, Southee swings and gets the toe of the bat on it, plinked to midwicket
64.3
0
Siddle to Southee, no run, Siddle hits the middle of the pitch, tries to pull across the line and fails to connect
64.2
0
Siddle to Southee, no run, back of a length over the stumps, again Southee swings to leg and misses
64.1
0
Siddle to Southee, no run, dug in short and Southee unsuccessfully tries to heave the ball out of the park again

END OF OVER:
64 | 5 Runs | NZ: 199/9

  • Trent Boult0 (6b)
  • Tim Southee15 (8b)
  • Josh Hazlewood17-2-66-2
  • Peter Siddle16-5-51-2

Here's Stewart: "Kiwi bowlers will be in the game in these conditions I reckon. If they've turned up." For all we know, this could be a winning score (though I doubt it)

63.6
0
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, searching for the yorker to finish things, Boult gets right in behind it and blocks
63.5
0
Hazlewood to Boult, no run, full and straight and Boult waltzes back and clumps it towards mid-on
63.4
1
Hazlewood to Southee, 1 run, full outside off and slapped square to the sweeper for one more
63.3
2
Hazlewood to Southee, 2 runs, staysi n the crease and squeezes the ball through backward point for a couple
63.2
0
Hazlewood to Southee, no run, oof, over the stumps! Length ball and it climbs through as Southee plays the wrong line
63.1
2
Hazlewood to Southee, 2 runs, wild pull shot and it's top-edged over the slips, Voges backpedals and gets underneath it... and drops the pink! Bit of a howler, even though it was dropping over his shoulder, into and out of the hands

END OF OVER:
63 | (wicket maiden) | NZ: 194/9

  • Trent Boult0 (4b)
  • Tim Southee10 (4b)
  • Peter Siddle16-5-51-2
  • Josh Hazlewood16-2-61-2

"Why don't the umpires offer light to the Kiwis? :P," chuckles Sooryanarayanan. "A warm welcome to cricket under lights."

62.6
0
Siddle to Boult, no run, length ball on middle stump, lines this one up in defence
62.5
0
Siddle to Boult, no run, oh, nearly bowled him behind the legs with a full toss! Siddle slipped in the bunger but it was just off target as Boult walked across the stumps again
62.4
0
Siddle to Boult, no run, back of a length, jumps back well outside off, couple of inches in front of the timbers and thrusts the bat out in front of him
62.3
0
Siddle to Boult, no run, goes back and across and defends around off stump

Trent Boult is in at No. 11. A (were)rabbit in the floodlights?

62.2
W
Siddle to Bracewell, OUT, flicked off the legs... and pouched brilliantly at short midwicket! That's the 200 up for Siddle in Tests, he points to the darkening skies as Bracewell heads off with NZ still shy off the 200 mark (runs) themselves

DAJ Bracewell c Burns b Siddle 11 (39m 30b 1x4 0x6) SR: 36.66

"So, if we are not monsters, why are we playing with that grotesque looking pink ball and under lights." Forward thinking, Sundar. But let's not lose the run of ourselves

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Rare series defeat for NZ

7

Consecutive series New Zealand had not lost before this one; their last series defeat was in 2013, in England (2-0)

Tough for batsmen

66

The top score in this Test, the lowest ever in a Test in Adelaide. The previous lowest was 67, in an Aus-WI Test in 1951-52

Where are the hundreds?

1993

The last time there was no hundred in an Adelaide Test, when WI played Aus. There were 6 last year, in the Ind-Aus Test

Warner's bumper series

592

David Warner's series aggregate, the fourth-highest in a series of three of fewer Tests, after Gooch, Lara and Yousuf

Can NZ repeat Hobart?

1

Number of times New Zealand have dismissed Australia in the fourth innings to win a Test - in Hobart, in 2011

An unusual Adelaide Test

21.13

Average runs per wicket in this Test, at the end of the third innings. Only two Tests in Adelaide have had a lower average

Hot Hazlewood

2

Number of times Josh Hazlewood has taken five or more wickets in six home Tests. His best before today was 5 for 68

A rare rearguard

1

No of times before when 9th and 10th wkts have wiped out a bigger 1st-inn deficit from a score of <150. Aus at Trent Bridge, 2013.

Best stand

29

The previous highest stand for Australia in this inns - between Smith and Neville. This stand between Neville and Lyon is the best.

Australia in trouble

2010

Last time Aus lost six-plus wkts for fewer runs in a session at home. They lost 6 for 40 on the 1st day of the Boxing Day Test.