South Africa find pink pill is no magic ball

South Africa have identified the first and last hours as the time when the pink ball is at its most dangerous but have concluded that it is not the hand grenade it was hyped up to be in the lead up to the day-night Test.

Kyle Abbott was South Africa’s most successful bowler, picking up 3 for 38 from 25 overs, but the only wicket to fall between the 23rd and 87th overs was the run-out of Steven Smith, as Australia claimed a potentially handy first-innings lead.

“We did expect it to do a lot more,” Abbott said. “There’s periods of the game where it does a bit. If it’s new, early in the morning it did a bit then it kind of went quiet after tea, [that] seemed like the best time to bat and then when the light dipped [it got harder again]. I don’t think it has lived up to its hype and …

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