He played his first Test four weeks later, batting as a specialist batsman at number five (John Waite kept wicket) and making 17 in his only innings. He missed the next two Tests, but returned for the Fourth Test in Adelaide, keeping wicket for the first time. In South Africa's only Test victory on the tour, he scored 41 in his only innings, took four catches, and conceded only one bye. Wally Grout described Lindsay's catch to dismiss Barry Shepherd as "one of the best catches I have ever seen by a wicket-keeper"; Lindsay "turned and sprinted at least 20 yards towards the boundary before diving to catch a ball that went high enough to bring rain".