Adelaide: Australia and New Zealand are still mulling over the composition of their bowling attacks for the inaugural day-night Test starting on Friday, but the hosts' team will definitely not include Steve O'Keefe. The omission of spinner O'Keefe from Australia's squad, reducing it from 13 to 12, was announced on Thursday by captain Steve Smith before the team's final training session. Smith said the generous cover of grass on the Adelaide Oval pitch - this has seemingly been done to help preserve the pink ball - had put paid to their consideration of playing two spinners against the Black Caps. "It was considered...
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