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The Australian team had a hilarious highlight in their dominant 360-run win against Pakistan at the Perth Stadium. Aussie players were seen chasing behind a tissue which nearly always escaped their grasp. The incident occurred in Pakistan's second innings as they struggled at 44-3 with Babar Azam and Saud Shakeel in the middle.
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In a video that has gone viral on social media, Australian players starting from Marnus Labuschagne who was seen chasing behind a tissue. Helping Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon joined in and used his feet to stop the flying paper but was left unsuccessful. After Usman Khawaja's attempt, Steve Smith finally managed to catch the tissue as his teammates laughed around.
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500 Test wickets around the world is huge: Cummins
Alongside the win, Nathan Lyon had a historic milestone as he became the third Aussie bowler to pick up 500 wickets in Test matches. Lyon dismissed Faheem Ashraf LBW to claim his 500th scalp before getting Aamer Jamal clean bowled.
Talking about this win and Lyon's 500th wicket, Australian captain Pat Cummins said, "Great start to the summer. Everything fell in place really so couldn't be happier. We've played a lot of cricket here, it's an experienced side so the build-up was very chilled and relaxed. 500 Test wickets around the world is huge."
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"Couldn't be happier for him. He was out for six months with a calf injury and it's great to see him back. Going to get home for a few days and we'll get together on the 22nd or the 23rd. It's always nice to have the families together for Christmas Day before we get to work."
