Lyon takes 500th Test wicket for Australia v Pakistan

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Nathan Lyon is congratulated by his Australia teammates after taking his 500th career Test wicket against Pakistan in Perth

First Test, Perth Stadium (day four of five):
Australia 487 & 233-5 dec: Khawaja 90, Shahzad 3-45
Pakistan 271 & 89: Shakeel 24, Hazlewood 3-13, Starc 3-31
Australia won by 360 runs
Scorecard

Australia's Nathan Lyon passed 500 career Test wickets to help seal a 360-run first Test victory over Pakistan.

Lyon dismissed Faheem Ashraf and Aamer Jamal to pass 500 wickets, with Pakistan bowled out for 89 in their chase of 450.

Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc both took three wickets each as Pakistan subsided meekly in Perth.

Australia go 1-0 up in the three-match series, with the second Test starting on Boxing Day.

Off-spinner Lyon became the eighth player to take 500 career Test wickets on the fourth day of the first Test.

Lyon claimed his milestone wicket when he removed Faheem lbw on review.

It makes Lyon just the third Australia to reach the landmark after Shane Warne (708) and Glenn McGrath (563).

Lyon had to wait to claim his 500th wicket in the second innings, having started on 499 following figures of 3-66 in the first innings.

He would likely have taken the wicket in last summer's Ashes series in England had he not been injured in the second Test at Lord's.

Bowler	Wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)	800
Shane Warne (Australia)	708
James Anderson (England)	690
Anil Kumble (India)	619
Stuart Broad (England)	604
Glenn McGrath (Australia)	563
Courtney Walsh (West Indies)	519
Nathan Lyon (Australia)	501
Table up to end of first Test between Australia and Pakistan