Aussies' nine-month wait for Test win

THIS IS AUSTRALIA'S FIRST TEST WIN SINCE MARCH 5. SINCE THEN:

*The team has waited over nine months for a red-ball victory. Prior to Perth, their most recent win (overshadowed by the staircase stoush between David Warner and Quinton de Kock) came in Durban.

*Tim Paine's side have lost Tests in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Abu Dhabi and Adelaide. It would have been a six-Test losing streak if not for a dramatic draw in Dubai.

*Some 21 players have donned the baggy green. Chadd Sayers, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne and Marcus Harris have all debuted.

*Nathan Lyon has delivered more than 2500 balls in Tests.

*Australia have also found white-ball wins hard to come by in that stretch. They suffered a seven-match ODI losing streak, the nation's worst slump in that format.

*Warner, Steve Smith, Darren Lehmann, James Sutherland, David Peever and Pat Howard have all either stood down, been stripped of their leadership positions or sacked.