12 wickets fall on 1st day of 1st day-night

Williamson’s wicket did not fall to Siddle but the Victorian could claim a considerable part in the Kiwi No.3′ s demise.

Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum tried to counter attack but both fell to the straight ball, caught in front and the Black Caps caught well short.

Josh Hazlewood has shrugged off any concerns about his bowling loads and declared himself fit and ready to spearhead Australia for the remainder of the summer after a scintillating spell under lights on day two in Adelaide.

This also means that if New Zealand bowl to the same level they did last night they are very likely to have some batting to do. He made just four. “We’ll try and fix that for the second innings”.

After slumping from 54-2 to 116-8 on day two, Australia had a huge let-off when Lyon survived a New Zealand review for a catch at slip on nought, despite HotSpot appearing to show a top edge.

Team management is yet to confirm if Starc will bat in Australia’s first innings. He was involved in a 74 runs’ partnership with wicketkeeper Peter Nevill who scored 66, the highest for Australia.

Nathan Lyon was given another life by the third umpire after he deemed there was not enough evidence to rule him out. It proved a key moment in the match.

After Llong’s decision, in the second over after tea, Australia added 106 runs and, of equal – if not greater – importance, ate up valuable hours of sunlight.

Shaun Marsh, needing a big score to justify his Test recall, was run out for two by a brilliant piece of fielding from Kiwi skipper Brendon McCullum.

The angst of Smith at the method of dismissal was clear for all to see at Adelaide Oval.

In 28 Test innings Marsh is averaging 31.96 and it was the 12th time he has been dismissed in single figures.

“And I think that is a big, big thing. It is a bad piece of running”.

Tim Southee and Trent Boult challenged the batsmen while Doug Bracewell was rewarded for probing hard on a driving length.

But third umpire Nigel Llong intervened, thumbing his nose at the decision review technology that strongly suggested spinner Nathan Lyon was out caught in the slips.

Llong had informed S Ravi over radio, “There’s a mark on the bat, it could come from anywhere – from a flare”. “He walked off”, Chappell said on Nine’s commentary.

Starc has been ruled out of bowling duties for the remainder of the final Test with a stress fracture in his right foot, and will have a nervous wait ahead as his fitness for Australia’s series against the West Indies remains in doubt.

“I’ve had a couple of hit-outs with it during the day and at night, and the findings are it does tend to change a lot under lights and in the last session it definitely swung around a little bit with the new ball and there was still a shade of it with it 22 overs old now”.

Australia lead the three-match series 1-0.

The left-armer was sent for scans which revealed an injury which usually takes at least six weeks to heal.