5 greatest Ashes moments at the WACA

#2 Dennis Lillee sports an aluminium bat

Dennis Lillee came out to bat with an aluminium bat against England at the WACA in 1979

The first Test of the 1979 Ashes will not be remembered for Australia winning by 138 runs and Kim Hughes being dismissed for 99 in the first innings. Rather, it might go down as the game that featured two of Ian Botham's greatest bowling spells - the effort went down the drain in the end - but a match haul of 11/ 176 was only enough to earn him a Man of the Match award.

But more importantly, the match will be etched in fans' minds for the great Dennis Lillee's antics while coming out to bat on the second day. Instead of carrying a regular willow, he brought out an aluminium bat much to the agony of the English captain Mike Brearley, with the two getting involved in a serious argument on the field.

Believed to be the creation of Graham Monaghan, a friend and business partner of Lillee, there came a thud sound when the ball hit the bat - Lillee had even used it days back against West Indies - and he later confessed in his autobiography that such usage was solely meant for advertisement purposes.