India, Oct. 13 -- The first Test between South Africa and Australia ended earlier today at Kingsmead, Durban. The visitors played very well for the large part of the game to win by 214 runs, but the showdown-the first between the teams in the rainbow nation since the Sandpapergate series in 2018-garnered as much attention for bad light as for the Aussies' brilliance on the field.

As per the new ICC ruling, the pink ball can now be used under floodlights in case of bad light during daytime games if both teams agree on it prior to the encounter. At Kingsmead, no such arrangement was agreed upon, so the pink ball wasn't used, even though bad light ended play prematurely on the first three days after 65.4, 80.4 and 75 overs respectively - a ...