Australia and England had been concerned in a thriller within the first Ashes Test that noticed the guests conserving their nerves and taking a 1-0 lead within the collection. Nathan Lyon performed a essential position not solely with the ball but in addition with the bat particularly within the second innings. The off-spinner picked up 4 wickets every in each innings and then performed very important hand with the bat scoring an unbeaten 16 within the match-winning ninth wicket partnership of 55 runs with skipper Pat Cummins.
Lyon has been the very important cog within the wheel for Australia in red-ball cricket and not even as soon as, the person has underperformed for the staff. For the identical motive, he has by no means been dropped from the facet as nicely and that is main to a large report within the Lord’s Test which Lyon will clearly play for Australia. When the offie will likely be named within the taking part in XI of the second Ashes Test, he’ll turn into solely the seventh participant in historical past to play 100 consecutive Test matches with out getting dropped or lacking any sport due to damage.
Only two Australians – Mark Waugh and Allan Border – have achieved this feat earlier than for Australia taking part in 107 and 153 consecutive Test matches repectively. The other gamers on this checklist are – Alastair Cook, Sunil Gavaskar and Brendon McCullum.
Cook is at the highest of the charts having performed 159 consecutive Test matches for England whereas Gavaskar, the one Indian to obtain this feat, did not miss 106 consecutive Test matches for his nation. Nathan Lyon has a nice likelihood to climb up the ladder on this side within the close to future as he continues to carry out for Australia and there isn’t any risk to his place both except he decides to step away from the game.
List of gamers to play most consecutive Test matches for a staff:
Alastair Cook – 159 Tests
Allan Border – 153 Tests
Mark Waugh – 107 Tests
Sunil Gavaskar – 106 Tests
Brendon McCullum – 101 Tests
Nathan Lyon – 99*Â Tests (forward of Lord’s Ashes Test)
