Record-breaking Lyon by the numbers

1 The Abu Dhabi Test marked the first occasion Nathan Lyon has taken four wickets before lunch on the first day of a Test

22 Tests for Lyon since he last went wicket-less – the last time being during the infamous Hobart defeat to the Proteas in November 2016. In 21 Tests (with an innings to play) since, he has taken 101 wickets at 29.17

27th spot for Lyon on the all-time Test wicket-taker's list, with another 12 needed to jump up another place, ahead of England's Bob Willis, who took 325. He is now fourth among Australians, behind Shane Warne (708), Glenn McGrath (563) and Dennis Lillee (355)

8th spot for Lyon among spinners on the same list, with Ravi Ashwin his nearest rival on 336 Test wickets

60.3 Lyon's Test strike-rate away from home. Of the seven spinners in Test history with 175-plus wickets outside of home, only compatriot Shane Warne (54.7) has done so at a superior strike-rate

53.36 Lyon's bowling average against Pakistan – his highest against any country. His return of 4-78 on Tuesday was his best haul against the subcontinental nation, who are one of just two countries – along with New Zealand – he has played without taking a five-wicket haul

5th position for Lyon among Test wicket-takers this decade. His 314 are behind England pair James Anderson (416) and Stuart Broad (360), and spinners Rangana Herath (360) and Ashwin (336). The nearest Australian is Mitchell Starc, with 185 wickets

63.1 Lyon's overall Test strike-rate is actually superior to what Warne's (64.3) was at the same point in their careers (after 80 Tests)

16 years since an Australian took a four-wicket haul in a Test in the UAE. That was during the three-Test series of 2002, when Warne managed the feat three times, and McGrath once.

4th position for Lyon for wickets taken by non-Asian bowlers in Asia, with 91 in 19 Tests. Warne (127), Daniel Vettori (98) and Dale Steyn (92) are the three players above him on that list. McGrath (72), Richie Benaud (71) and Jason Gillespie (54) are the only other Australians with 50-plus Test wickets in Asia

21.32 Lyon's bowling average in Asia since the start of 2017, with 49 wickets in just eight Tests. This is almost exactly half of his average in the same continent prior to 2017: 42 wickets in 11 Tests at 42.57.

Qantas Tour of the UAE

Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Ashton Agar, Brendan Doggett, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc

Pakistan Test squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Azhar Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Usman Salahuddin, Yasir Shah, Shadab Khan, Bilal Asif, Mohammad Abbas, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Hafeez

Oct 7-11: First Test, drawn

Oct 16-20: Second Test, Abu Dhabi