South Africa declare on 259-9 in third Australia Test

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