ADELAIDE - New Zealand have taken control of the inaugural day-night Test in the space of one session, with Australia 8-116 at tea on day two in Adelaide.
NZ's lead is 86 runs, their pacemen having inflicted a collapse of 3-17 on Saturday.
New Zealand players celebrate the wicket of Peter Siddle.Credit: Getty Images
Steve Smith survived that onslaught and looked to be steadying the innings in a 29-run stand with wicketkeeper Peter Nevill.
However, Smith's resolute knock of 53 ended with a stroke that was anything but in the fourth-last over of the session.
Smith had started to score more freely with tea approaching, Brendon McCullum having opted for spin at both ends.
The 26-year-old felt confident enough to charge offspinner Mark Craig and try to heave him for six.
Instead, the pink ball beat him in flight and turned sharply, keeper BJ Watling moving to his right and grabbing the resultant edge.
Peter Siddle was caught at short leg in the same over, while tea was taken when Josh Hazlewood was bowled by debutant Mitchell Santner.
It meant six wickets fell in the session.
NZ's stranglehold is even firmer given Mitchell Starc is in a moonboot and will not bowl in the second innings.
Team management is yet to confirm if Starc will bat in Australia's first innings.
Even if Starc does walk to the middle on Saturday, stress fractures in his right foot mean he won't be capable of much.
Adam Voges was out edging to Tim Southee in the third over of the day, starting a rot that turned the match on its head.
Southee, Trent Boult and Doug Bracewell all bowled well and dried up the runs.
Yet Shaun Marsh helped their cause when he was run out following a terrible mix-up with Smith.
Marsh was on two when a diving Brendon McCullum made the most of his hesitation, throwing down the stumps at the non-striker's end.
Mitch Marsh hung around for 25 balls but rarely looked comfortable.
Marsh was out for four, poking his bat out to a wide ball from Bracewell that could have been left instead of edged.
Australia were 5-80, having never been in such a sorry state at Adelaide Oval since the second innings of the 1994-95 Ashes Test at the venue.
Smith's 53 is the highest score of the match, being played on a grassy pitch to ensure the pink ball stays in shape.
-AAP