Nathan Lyon’s 500th Test wicket took the headlines, but there were plenty of other talking points as Australia smashed Pakistan by 360 runs with a day to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the three Test series.

Steve Smith showed how much he hates getting out by stropping his way off the pitch, while Australia’s batters stood tall, especially Usman Khawaja, amidst a bumper barrage on a wildly irregular pitch.

Here’s the five quick hits from the fourth day of the Perth Test.

1. Petulant Smith

Getting given out is frustrating. We all know that, but Steve Smith took things too far when he was dismissed by a razor-thin LBW decision early in the day for 45.

Khurram Shahzad trapped the former Australian skipper on the pad and Smith immediately reviewed, motioning that he thought the ball was going down leg.

Spoiler alert, it was not.

Smith did have every right to curse the fine margins that professional sport hinges on — ball tracking showed the ball clipping the top of the leg stump bail by a coat of varnish at most.

But it was out.

Smith though, was furious, shaking his head all the way to the boundary, looking back with a thunderous look on his face like he’d been fired by a trigger-happy home umpire from the mid-90s.

It was a far from egregious decision, the ball was ruled to be clipping the bails, which is out.

Smith’s reaction, however, left plenty to be desired.

2. Pain

There’s been plenty of talk about the benefits of a cricket ground like the WACA over a world-class multi-sport stadium like Perth Stadium during this Test.

But we did get some reminders of the old Perth ground with the pitch breaking up and showing off some horribly unpredictable deliveries on day four of the Test.

After Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja all copped knocks as Pakistan resorted to bodyline late on day three, Khawaja and Mitch Marsh copped a few more on day four.

Marsh got badged twice, while Khawaja wore a brutal ball flush on the right forearm and it immediately blew up. He was also on the receiving end of a half-tracker that refused to bounce above knee height and trapped him in front.

Thankfully he managed to use to DRS to overturn the LBW decision, saved by just barely getting outside the line, and made his way to a gutsy half-century.

3. Khawaja’s remarkable record against Pakistan

Usman Khawaja loves playing against Pakistan.

Whether he feels that he has more to prove against the country of his birth, or he’s just extra focused in matches against them, Khawaja rarely misses out.

He has played nine Tests against Pakistan now, averaging 93.58, far more than against any other country.

Not only that, but in all but one of those Tests, Khawaja has scored at least a half century.

The one instance that Khawaja has not reached a milestone came in 2018 in Abu Dhabi, when he was out for 3 in the first innings and then was absent hurt after tearing the meniscus in his left knee during the warm up on day three of that Test.

In every other Test he has managed at least a score of 74 or over, with seven half centuries and three tons.

4. A Starc difference

When Mitchell Starc is struggling it can look really bad. On day three there was no doubt he was battling to find his line and length.

But, after a bit of soul-searching and work on his technique, the lanky left-armer rediscovered his mojo in typical fashion.

The perfect start to Australia’s bowling effort, kicking off the utter demolition of Pakistan’s top order in his very first over.

He had Abdullah Shafique caught behind by Alex Carey for 2, and then trapped danger man Imam-ul-Haq in front for 10.

Starc then came back to smash Sarfaraz Ahmed on the glove with a rising ball that Mitch Marsh caught at gully to end with 3-31 in the final innings.

5. Lyon had to wait

Nathan Lyon did manage to secure his 500th Test wicket, but for a short spell it seemed as if the quicks were not going to give him the chance.

Lyon bowled five overs in his first spell either side of tea without much reward, arrowing the ball in a shade faster than he might have otherwise done so.