Adelaide - Arab Today
South Africa declared at 259 for nine with skipper Faf du Plessis unbeaten on 118 late on the opening day of the third day-night Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
The Australians face a testing 45 minutes to stumps against the Proteas' pace attack with the pink ball under lights.
SCOREBOARD
South Africa first innings
S. Cook c Smith b Starc 40
D. Elgar c Khawaja b Starc 5
H. Amla c Renshaw b Hazlewood 5
JP Duminy c Wade b Hazlewood 5
F. du Plessis not out 118
T. Bavuma c Wade b Bird 8
Q. de Kock c Wade b Hazlewood 24
V. Philander c Wade b Hazlewood 4
K. Abbott lbw b Bird 17
K. Rabada stpd Wade b Lyon 1
T. Shamsi not out 18
Extras (b3, lb8, w2, nb1) 14
Total (9 wickets declared, 76 overs) 259
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Elgar), 2-36 (Amla), 3-44 (Duminy), 4-95 (Cook), 5-117 (Bavuma), 6-149 (de Kock), 7-161 (Philander), 8-215 (Abbott), 9-220 (Rabada)
Bowling: Starc 23-5-78-2 (1nb), Hazlewood 22-5-68-4, Bird 16-3-57-2, Lyon 15-1-45-1
Toss: South Africa
Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) and Richard Kettleborough (ENG)
TV umpire: Aleem Dar (PAK)
Match referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM)
Source: AFP