The opening day of the first day-night cricket test was as lively as organizers could have wished for with the pink ball swinging under lights and the crowd swelling to 47,441 as Australia struggled to stumps at 54-2 after bowling New Zealand out for 202 on Friday.
Skipper Steve Smith (24) and Adam Voges (9) were unbeaten after David Warner (1) was dismissed in the fourth over, and Joe Burns (14) was out in the 14th of the 22 overs Australia had to navigate.
New Zealand started positively after Brendon McCullum won the toss in the historic match at the Adelaide Oval, reaching 80-2 in the first session and Tom latham posting a half century after play started at 2 p.M. local time. But Australia took five wickets in the second session and finished off New Zealand within nine overs after the first dinner interval in test cricket.
Starc returned 3-24 before leaving the field with an ankle injury and heading to a hospital for scans, leaving Australia team masseur Grant Baldwin to fill in as a substitute fielder.
It was the only setback in the middle session for the Australians, who took five wickets including three for four runs within 11 balls, all caught behind by Peter Nevill — to remove latham (50), Ross Taylor (21), McCullum (4), Mitch Santner, who scored 31 and Craig (11).
latham raised his half century with a cut boundary against lyon in the over before tea but didn't add to his total after interval, when a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of former Australia batsman Phillip Hughes' death was held at 4:08 p.m.