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If the Australian captain misses out on the first two Tests of the Ashes series, then he could end up returning in the third Test on December 17.
This time, Nathan Lyon’s role will be crucial again as Australia will take on England, whose batters will look to play in bazball style to extract victory on the Aussie soil after 15 years.
Recently, Lyon spoke to The Sydney Morning Herald and highlighted and appreciated England’s tweak in the batting approach during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025.
Nathan Lyon has also exhibited his dissatisfaction over the quality of pitches in the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
Back in the 1970s, when the tradition started in Australia’s red-ball side, Rodney Marsh became the song-master.
Nathan Lyon is reckoned as Australia’s most successful off-spinner with 556 wickets in 138 Tests.
Matthew Kuhnemann and Nathan Lyon shone in the second innings, taking four wickets each as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 231 runs, giving Australia a target of 75 runs to win.
With India ending Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test at the score of 358/9 with Nitish Kumar Reddy and Mohammed Siraj in the middle, Nathan Lyon dismissed the centurion to bundle out the side at the score of 369 with the hosts taking a lead of 105 runs.
Rohit Sharma has had a horror series with the bat so far, making just 22 runs in four innings at an average of 5.50.
Nathan Lyon heaped praise on his Indian counterpart Ravichandran Ashwin, who announced his retirement from international cricket.
Australian spinner Nathan Lyon backed the Australian bowling lineup and was proud of the efforts, as the hosts were already down with one bowler due to Josh Hazlewood’s injury.
The interruption occurred first time during the 18tth over of the Australian innings, and lasted till 28 seconds, for which Nathan Lyon was to be blamed, according to his former Australian teammate Brad Haddin.
Nathan Lyon revealed getting sledged by Indian batter Yashasvi Jaiswal during the opening BGT Test in Perth.
Speaking of Hazlewood’s record in pink-ball Test, across eight matches, the right-armer has scalped 37 wickets at an impressive average of 18.86, including two five-wicket hauls.
Nathan Lyon engaged in a hilarious chat with Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant during the first Test.
Nathan Lyon revealed that after legendary spinner Shane Warne’s death, it is his responsibility to promote spin in Australia.
Nathan Lyon had predicted that Australia will win the series 5-0 against India.
Australia haven’t won a Test series against India from the last 10 years.
Nathan Lyon also spoke about having nothing but respect for Ravichandran Ashwin.
After India lost the World Test Championship 2023 final against Australia, India skipper Rohit Sharma had called for best of three finals for the WTC.
The 36-year-old picked his 500th wicket in the Perth Test against Pakistan last year. Lyon dismissed Faheem Ashram to reach the mark.
After losing the first match by 10 wickets, West Indies came in the second match to level the Test series and gave a 216-run target.
Nathan Lyon played a key role in Australia defeating Pakistan by 360 runs in the first Test match.
Australia defeated Pakistan by 360 runs in the first of the three-match series.
Lyon last played international cricket against England during the second Ashes Test match at the Lord’s towards the end of June, where he suffered a series-ending calf injury.
The next and third Ashes Test will be played from 6-10 July at the Headingley in Leeds.
The 35-year-old bowler had sustained a calf injury in the field during the first innings of England on day 2 at Lord’s Test.
The 35-year-old cricketer was chasing a ball to the fence and when he was seen in discomfort, Lyon was immediately taken off the field.
Piastri has had a decent rookie season as he sits 14th in the Drivers’ standings ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix 2023.
England, after losing the first Test, will look forward to levelling with Pat Cummins’ side in the second game commencing from June 28, at the Lord’s.
Harry Brook was dismissed at the score of 32 in 37 balls.
Brook gave a straightforward reply when asked about how he planned to approach 487-wicket taker Nathon Lyon.
As the day one’s play approached an end, the batting side had posted a magnificent score of 327 runs in 85 overs.
Aussies finished on the top of the standings in the current WTC Cycle by scoring 152 points from 19 Tests while India collected 127 points from 18 Tests.
India currently leads the series 2-1.
Australia have become first team to qualify for WTC 2023 Finals.
Jadeja posted the screenshot of his Insta profile on the story and revealed that he is following his “friend” Nathan Lyon on Insta for 24 hours.
The pair added 114 runs for the eighth wicket with Axar scoring a half-century and India eventually ending their first innings on 262.
Highlighting Team India’s gesture of honouring Nathan Lyon with a signed jersey on his 100th Test, Ross Taylor expressed his jealousy.
The 33-year-old termed the third test between India and England as “entertaining” and said that he is up for these kind of tracks in the future.