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Lyon Calls for β€˜A Spinner in Every Side’ in Australian Tests

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Nathan Lyon urges spinner role vital in Australia Tests

Lyon Emphasizes Spinner’s Role in Australia

Nathan Lyon has stressed the importance of including a spinner in every Test side in Australian conditions, even as speculation grows that England might field an XI without a specialist spinner during the upcoming Ashes.

Speaking ahead of the series, Lyon highlighted how variety changes the game:

β€œπ‘­π’π’“ π’Žπ’†, π’šπ’†π’‚π’‰, π’šπ’π’–β€™π’“π’† π’‘π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒂 π’”π’‘π’Šπ’π’π’†π’“ π’Šπ’ π’†π’—π’†π’“π’š π’”π’Šπ’…π’†. π‘½π’‚π’“π’Šπ’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’„π’‰π’‚π’π’ˆπ’†π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’˜π’‰π’π’π’† π’•π’†π’Žπ’‘π’ 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’‚π’Žπ’†. 𝑰 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’Œ π’”π’‘π’Šπ’π’π’†π’“π’” 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’‘π’π’‚π’š 𝒂 π’—π’†π’“π’š π’†π’‡π’‡π’†π’„π’•π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 π’Šπ’‡ π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ π’”π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒔 π’”π’–π’Šπ’•,” π‘³π’šπ’π’ π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰ 𝒂 π’”π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†.

England, however, may take a different approach, relying on allrounder Will Jacks as a back-up option to Shoaib Bashir, as visiting spinners historically have struggled on Australian pitches. Since Lyon’s debut, overseas spinners average 62.09, compared to Lyon’s 31.08.

Recent Selection Twist for Lyon

Interestingly, Lyon himself was left out of Australia’s recent Test in Jamaica when selectors went with an all-pace attack under pink-ball conditions. The gamble paid off as Scott Boland took a hat-trick in West Indies’ collapse to 27 all out.

Lyon admitted he was disappointed but understood the reasoning:

β€œπ‘«π’Šπ’”π’‚π’‘π’‘π’π’Šπ’π’•π’†π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’”π’β€™π’• 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒔 π’ƒπ’†π’‰π’Šπ’π’… π’Šπ’•. 𝑨𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’‚π’š, π’Šπ’• 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 π’‘π’“π’†π’•π’•π’š 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 π’ƒπ’†π’π’Šπ’†π’—π’† π’Žπ’š π’”π’Œπ’Šπ’π’ 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’‘π’π’‚π’š 𝒂 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆 π’Šπ’ π’‚π’π’š π’„π’π’π’…π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’π’”.”

Lyon Prepares for Ashes with NSW Captaincy

As he sits on 562 Test wickets, just one shy of Glenn McGrath’s tally, Lyon will fine-tune his Ashes preparation by captaining New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield against Western Australia. It marks only his second first-class captaincy, a role he described as a humbling honour.

β€œπ‘°π’•β€™π’” 𝒂 π’Žπ’‚π’”π’”π’Šπ’—π’† 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’‚π’‘π’•π’‚π’Šπ’ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 π’šπ’π’– π’˜π’†π’“π’† 𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏 π’Šπ’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’…π’“π’†π’‚π’Žπ’• 𝒐𝒇 π’‘π’π’‚π’šπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’„π’“π’Šπ’„π’Œπ’†π’• 𝒇𝒐𝒓. 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 π’‚π’Žπ’ƒπ’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒕𝒐 π’„π’‚π’‘π’•π’‚π’Šπ’ π’‘π’“π’π’‡π’†π’”π’”π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’ π’•π’†π’‚π’Žπ’”, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’˜π’‰π’†π’ π’‚π’”π’Œπ’†π’…, 𝑰 π’˜π’‚π’” π’‰π’‚π’‘π’‘π’š 𝒕𝒐 π’•π’‚π’Œπ’† π’Šπ’• 𝒐𝒏,” π‘³π’šπ’π’ π’”π’‚π’Šπ’….

Alongside his Shield duties, Lyon praised young batter Sam Konstas, urging patience and faith in the development of emerging Australian cricketers.

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