Five key points from the day-night Test

The historic day-night Test at Adelaide Oval is done and dusted, and it certainly didn't disappoint.

From New Zealand's DRS fury, to a team masseur fielding in a Test match, here are the biggest talking points:

Day-night delight

It may have been the shortest Test in the three-match series, but it certainly was the most entertaining. The pink ball dominated the bat for the first time in the series, with 37 wickets tumbling in three days.

It was the first time since 1993 that an Adelaide Test match had not produced a single individual century, but no one was complaining.

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The concept was an overwhelming success, with crowds voting with their feet and turning out in their droves. The first-ever Test to be played under lights in the 138-year history of the game drew a total of 123,736 fans – a tick over 40,000 on average per day.

Skippers Steve Smith and Brendon McCullum gave their full backing.

"The whole Test match was a great innovation, it was a great spectacle, and to get 120,000 people through the gates in three days is absolutely amazing," said Smith.

Kiwi counterpart McCullum was equally excited.

"It's a great concept. As pink-ball cricket evolves, which I'm sure it will in the global game, I think we'll see that pitches won’t have quite as much grass on it," he said.

Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland has already flagged the prospect of two day-night fixtures being played next summer, and New Zealand Cricket are in talks with Bangladesh regarding a day-night Test.

DRS dramas

Not for the first time in the series, the Kiwis were left fuming by a contentious decision review when third umpire Nigel Llong wouldn’t overturn the on-field decision that Nathan Lyon had not edged the ball.

With Australia struggling at 8-116 in their first innings and Lyon yet to score, Llong gave the Australian not out despite replays showing a hot spot on his bat after the ball bounced off his shoulder and was caught at slip.

With 'Snicko' not shedding any light and the hot spot only appearing after the ball had passed the bat, Llong was clearly unwilling to trust the technology, but the fact that Lyon had walked 30 metres to the boundary after seeing the replays showed he had clearly hit it.

"There’s a mark on the bat but it could have come from anywhere ... give it not out", Llong said in relaying his decision to on-field umpire Sundaram Ravi.

After the reprieve, Lyon went on to make 34 in a game-changing 74-run partnership with Peter Nevill.

The knock proved pivotal as Australia managed to take a first-innings lead and barely scraped home late on day three.

"I think it had a big bearing on the match," Kiwi batsman Ross Taylor said.

"We can understand when umpires make the wrong decision on the field.

"But once you have got so many different angles and what-not, you would think that more often than not, 99 to 100 per cent of the time, you're going to get the right answer.

"But I guess we didn't."

Even the Aussies were critical of the decision, with paceman Josh Hazlewood saying: "All that technology there and they still couldn't quite get a decision (right)."

Masseur madness

Australia's decision to use their team masseur as a substitute fieldsman when Mitchell Starc went down with injury raised a lot of eyebrows and drew a raft of criticism from former Test greats.

Official 12th man James Pattinson had already been sent to Western Australia for Victoria's Sheffield Shield game, and the Aussies were unwilling to throw a young local district cricketer on the field in front of 40,000 fans.

So 28-year-old Grant Baldwin, the team masseur and logistics coordinator, found himself at mid off.

"I feel for Grant Baldwin," Mike Hussey said in commentary.

"It's not his fault. He's probably petrified out there. It does seem a bit unprofessional, really, doesn’t it?"

After one simple mistake, Test legends Matthew Hayden and Damian Martyn expressed their displeasure on Twitter:

Baldwin has previously played for Victoria's second XI and fielded for the Australians in tour games in the United Arab Emirates and South Africa, where he bowled an over.

But whether or not he should have been fielding in a Test match is another story.

"We thought Grant was probably the best option," Hazlewood said.

"It's quite a pressure situation out there in front of 40,000 (spectators), so with those other three guys not playing first-class cricket before, we thought it was the best case."

Maligned Marsh turns match-winner

Shaun Marsh's sixth stint in the Test side started with a calamitous run-out that had the naysayers in full voice.

Marsh came to the wicket with the day-night clash in the balance, Australia's first innings stuttering to 3-63 in response to New Zealand's 202.

On 2, Marsh hesitated thrice after driving the ball in the direction of a diving Brendon McCullum at mid-off.

McCullum threw down the stumps with Marsh floundering in the middle of the pitch.

"That's Danny Morrison and Glenn McGrath territory," said Ian Chappell.

"There was never any calling there from Shaun Marsh ... it's a terrible piece of running," Mark Taylor observed.

It was a sensational piece of fielding, but Marsh only had himself to blame, and his place in the side appeared to be hanging by a thread.

But what the 32-year-old produced in the second innings shows a whole lot about the West Australian's character.

The much-maligned left-hander came to the crease with Australia 3-66 and wasn't dismissed until the hosts needed just 11 more runs for victory.

The knock of 49 not only saved the match for his side, but it probably saved his career as well.

Hazlewood's heroics

Josh Hazlewood stepped up in the second innings for Australia and played a starring role with Mitchell Starc unable to bowl.

The Aussies hardly even noticed they were missing their spearhead as Hazlewood grabbed career-best figures of 6-70 to skittle the Black Caps and leave his side a relatively simple chase of 187.

The 24-year-old finished with match figures of 9-136, also the best haul of his 12-Test career.

His man-of-the-match performance came after pre-Test suggestions he could be rested.

"Obviously it was tough to lose somebody of the calibre of Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc has been bowling exceptionally well," captain Smith told reporters post-match.

"It was nice to see Joshy Hazlewood step up and really bowl well in this game. It will give him a lot of confidence going forward."

After copping some heavy criticism during the Ashes, Hazlewood was inconsistent in the first two Tests of this series, but bowling coach Craig McDermott believes he will perform for his country for years to come.

"He looked like a real old bloke, to be honest," McDermott said.

"He bowled with better pace than he has the last couple of Test matches.

"I look forward to the rest of the summer and him developing further."