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Dennis Lillee: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell said how Pat Cummins dismissed Babar Azam during the second Test at the MCG reminded him of legendary fast-bowler Dennis Lillee and his greatness with the ball.

At the MCG, Cummins castled Azam with a jaffa of a delivery which hit the top of off-stump in Pakistan’s first innings, which the Australia skipper later described as a 'dream ball'. Eventually, Cummins had a match haul of ten wickets, becoming only the second Australia captain after Allan Border to do this.

"As Australia captain Pat Cummins cleverly dissected the Pakistan batting line-up to bring his team a tough victory in the second Test, I thought: what does it take to amass Test victims - lots of them?