New Zealand win toss, choose to bat first in maiden day-night test

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and chose to bat first against Australia in cricket's inaugural day-night test match at Adelaide Oval.

Australia, who lead the series 1-0, have already retained the Trans-Tasman trophy following the draw in Perth, but both teams will be eager to etch their names in the record books as the first side to win a test played under floodlights.

New Zealand also have a proud record to defend, having not been defeated in seven test series since 2013 under McCullum.

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Although both teams have played warmups under lights with the specially developed pink ball, the match, the last in the three-match series, is something of a leap into the unknown for the players.

Batsmen have reported problems seeing the ball clearly at twilight and the bowlers will hope to exploit that during the later session.