Australia vs South Africa 2016: 3rd Test Day 2 - 5 talking points

#1 Proteas make the new ball and light count

Matthew Wade fell to Philander late in the day’s play

With Khawaja and Handscomb flourishing, the Proteas needed a bit of an energy boost to get back into the game. An evening breeze along with the lights turned on and a brand new pink ball after 80 overs brought back energy levels.

Unlike yesterday, they made full use of the new ball, getting it to talk and move off the seam consistently to reduce Australia's advantage at the end of the day. Handscomb, Maddinson and Wade fell to some disciplined bowling by the Proteas seamers under lights.

The pink ball finally showed its true nature under lights making life pretty difficult for the batsmen against three seamers on top of their game. Khawaja, however, remained unperturbed and rarely put a foot wrong as he remained unbeaten along with Starc, who survived dangerously.