South Africa captain Faf du Plessis (R)

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