Australia v. Pakistan. Tests.

[Pies4shaw]

Special K has now made 1,168 Test runs in 2023. He has reached at least 50 9 times this year (and gone on to make centuries 3 times).

The 3 leading Test run scorers this year are all Australians:

Khawaja 1,168
Head 902
SPD BradSmith 853.

No other player in the World has made 800 in Tests this year.

[Pies4shaw]

Starc gets one with the last ball of his first over. Shafique gone caught behind for 2.

[Pies4shaw]

Masood CB from Hazlewood for 2. Carey's 100th Test dismissal as WK. 2/17.

[Donny]

Haz. Immaculate length gets the reward.

Their Skip, gorrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnn.

[Pies4shaw]

Starc gets Imam-Ul-Haq lbw for 10. 3/19. Review lost, by the way. Middle stump, 3/4 of the way up, says DRS.

[Pies4shaw]

Babar Azam CB from Cummins. 4/48.

[Pies4shaw]

Tea. 4/53. Another 400 will do it comfortably.

[Donny]

Starc has 3.

Pak. 5/56.

[Pies4shaw]

And a runout. 6/63!

[Donny]

The anticipation, around the ground, for Lyon's 500th. is electric.

[23 YIPPEE!!!]

Much prefer to see Lyons 500th for the melbourne test to be honest.

just bowl head and smith for the rest of the perth test.

Just love actually in person seeing milestones ala Warnes 700th at the MCG.

But if he does it in perth congrats but please if you can leave it for Melbourne.

[Donny]

Bingo ! Albeit after an 'upstairs'.

[Pies4shaw]

And there it is - LBW on DRS from a turned-down appeal and 500 wickets for the GOAT. It's hard to imagine how that was given not out, given the speculative garbage against BradSmith earlier in the day.

[Donny]

7/79. 500th. Test scalp for the GOAT.

[Pies4shaw]

So, 7/80. Just 370 more needed, now.