Australia beat Pakistan by 360 runs in the first Test which was played at the Optus Stadium in Perth on Sunday, as the home side had a commanding Test victory against the South Asian side.
The visitors stuttered to chase 450 runs target. The hosts had declared their innings at 271 after Shaheen Shah Afridi got Usman Khawaja out for 90.
In response, Pakistan was all out for 89 and the game was finished on Day 4.
It was a memorable match for spinner Nathan Lyon as he got his 500th wicket after getting the scalp of all-rounder Faheem Ashraf.
Lyon got his man when Ashraf was out lbw on review. He was initially declared not out. The Australians were cock-a-hoop when the ‘three reds’ were shown on the big screen. Lyon waved the ball to the crowd and his family sitting in the stands.
Chasing 450 for victory, the visitors succumbed meekly with Lyon taking 2-14. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood both grabbed three wickets each.
After being left stranded on 499 after Pakistan’s first innings, Lyon finally reached the milestone when he trapped Faheem Ashraf lbw but there was an agonising wait as it went to review.
Facing a daunting chase, they got off to a horror start with Abdullah Shafique out for two in the first over, nicking an unplayable Starc ball to Alex Carey behind the stumps.
Captain Shan Masood, in his first Test in charge, did not last much longer, edging to Carey off Hazlewood to leave his team in dire straits at 17-2.
Starc also accounted for Imam-ul-Haq before Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel put up some resistance.
But that crumbled when Azam got an edge to Cummins on 14, with Carey again collecting.
