Reliving all three day-night Tests played in Australia

#2 Australia vs South Africa, Adelaide – November 2016

Khawaja scored a superb 145 and was declared the Player of the Match.

After the successful inaugural Day-Night Test, Australia played South Africa in their 2nd pink ball Test. The 3rd Test of the series, which was a dead rubber (the Proteas were leading 2-0) got some spice to it as it was played under lights.

Ahead of the Test, Australia changed the structure of their team, giving three players their debuts.

After opting to bat first, South Africa could only manage 259 on the back of a brilliant 118 from skipper Faf du Plessis. In order to have a crack at the Aussies under lights, the Proteas declared with 14 overs remaining on day one. However, Australia showed better application and took a crucial 124-run lead. They scored 383 with Khawaja striking a majestic 145.

South Africa’s second innings followed the same pattern as their first innings as only one batsman (Stephen Cook - 104) could rack up a significant score. Chasing 127, Australia completed the chase with ease, romping home by seven wickets to win their second consecutive D/N Test.

Brief Scores: South Africa 259/9 dec (du Plessis 118*, Hazlewood 4/68, Bird 2/57) and 250 (Cook 104, Starc 4-80, Lyon 3-60) lost to Australia 383 (Khawaja 145, Smith 59, Rabada 3/84, Abbott 3/49) and 127/3 (Warner 47, Smith 40, Abbott 1/26).