Nathan Lyon will replace Todd Murphy as the only change for Australia’s XI for the first Test against Pakistan on Thursday.

Australia captain Pat Cummins on Wednesday afternoon confirmed the side, while Travis Head and Steve Smith will serve as co vice-captains.

The series gets underway at Perth Stadium on Thursday from 1.20pm (AEDT).

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AUSTRALIA XI

David Warner

Usman Khawaja

Marnus Labuschagne

Steve Smith

Travis Head

Mitch Marsh

Alex Carey

Mitchell Starc

Pat Cummins (c)

Nathan Lyon

Josh Hazlewood

Australia squad: (first Test only) Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Steve Smith, Mitch Starc, David Warner

Pakistan squad: Shan Masood (c), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi

MORE TO COME.