Ashes: Nathan Lyon gets 400 Test wickets as Australia demolish England by nine wickets in first Test

Gabba: Pat Cummins made a superb start to his captaincy as dominant Australia beat England on Day 4 of the openers by an emphatic 9 wickets at the Gabba to go 1-0 up in the five-Test Ashes series.

Lyon ended the day with 403 wickets, two wickets behind West Indies great Curtly Ambrose. He, however, is some distance away from climb further up on the all-time wicket-takers list for Australia. Lyon is the third player from the country to breach the 400-wicket mark, only behind former fast bowler Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) and Shane Warne (708).

Lyon picked four while Cummins, Jos Hazlewood and Cameron Green shared one apiece as England lost eight wickets for 77 runs to be dismissed for 297 runs in their second innings, setting Australia a target of just 20.

Australia needed less than half an hour and lost just one wicket, of Alex Carey, to chase the target. Ollie Robinson picked the only wicket before Marnus Labuschagne walked in at No.3 and carved the delivery he faced through covers for the match-winning boundary.

The second Ashes will begin from December 16 at the Adelaide Oval.