Athers on Root's call at the toss, a bumper Adelaide crowd and England's bowling
Saturday 2 December 2017 12:59, UK
Michael Atherton dissects day one of the day-night Test in Adelaide and looks at why Joe Root surprisingly opted to bowl first...
Root became the first man to insert the opposition in a day-night Test but Athers explains there was good reason why the England skipper did so, with the visitors' seam attack being a strong suit and the fact that New Zealand and South Africa lost day-nighters in Adelaide after electing to bat.
Watch Athers' review of day one - Australia closing it on 209-4 - in the video above as he discusses how a bumper crowd saw England's bowlers stutter at the start and Australia then suffer a "calamitous" run out.
Craig Overton made Steve Smith his first Test wicket - bowling the Australian off his pad - and Athers reckons that with Australia not scoring at a great rate, the opening session on day two will be intriguing.
Watch Athers' video reviews on skysports.com every day of the Test!
