Nathan Michael Lyon is an Australian cricket player. He was born on November 20, 1987. In 2011, he played his first Test match, and he now plays local cricket for New South Wales. Lyon is a right-handed batsman who hits low in the order and throws off-spin balls. Lyon is the Australian off-spin bowler with the most Test wickets. He passed Hugh Trumble’s record of 141 wickets in 2015, making him the most successful off-spin bowler in Australian history. Lyon played in his 100th Test match when Australia played India in January 2021.
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As of March 2023, Lyon has taken 482 test wickets. Which puts him third on Australia’s all-time list and eighth on the list of all foreign players. Lyon was on the Australian team that won the final of the 2023 ICC World Test Championship.
Early career:
Lyon was born to Stephen and Bronwyn Lyon in Young, New South Wales. As a teenager, he moved from Young to Canberra, where he played for the under-17s and under-18s national teams for ACT Cricket. Lyon played ACT Grade cricket for Western Districts and the University of Canberra Cricket Club. In 2008, he made his debut for the ACT Comets against the South Australian Second XI in the Cricket Australia Cup. On day one, he took a wicket for the ACT Comets.
Nathan Lyon moved to Adelaide in 2010 and worked at the Adelaide Oval as a part of the ground staff team. In the South Australian Grade Cricket League, he played for the Prospect Cricket Club. In the Futures League, he kept playing for the Comets. Lyon was chosen to play for the Southern Redbacks in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash because of how well he did for the Comets in the Futures League Twenty20 in December 2010 in Melbourne. South Australia’s Twenty20 coach Darren Berry was there and saw Lyon play.
Domestic career of Nathan Lyon:
2010–2011 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Lyon took the most wickets in the game, which the Redbacks went on to win. Lyon then played for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and the Australian domestic limited-overs league. In the same year, he was chosen to play for Australia A in Zimbabwe. In the tri-series there, he took 11 wickets and was named man of the series. Nathan Lyon has agreed to play for the Adelaide Strikers in the first season of the Big Bash League.
Lyon signed with Hampshire on November 5, 2019, to play for them as a foreign player in the English Championship cricket league in 2020. But because of the COVID-19 outbreak, this deal was later called off. Lyon will get his 600th first-class wicket in February 2021, during the 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season.
International career of Nathan Lyon:
Lyon joined the Australian Test team for Sri Lanka on July 26, 2011. He got two wickets for Australia against Sri Lanka Board XI in the three-day warm-up match at Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium. Lyon’s first Test was against Sri Lanka in Galle on August 31, 2011. Baggy Green cap from Greg Chappell. Lyon’s 14 in Australia’s second innings gave them 47 in the first Test against South Africa in November 2011. He was the seventh number 11 batsman to top his team’s innings. On December 1, 2011, Nathan Lyon made his Australian Test debut against New Zealand at the Gabba. First Test of series. Lyon scored 7/88 with 4/69 in the first innings and 3/19 in the second.
Nathan became the second cricketer to never be out in a Five-Test series on January 5, 2014. Lyon scored 60 runs in six games at 52.63. Lyon took 8/50 in Australia’s second Test against India in Bangalore on March 4, 2017. Foreign bowlers performed best in India. Lyon violated the ICC Code of Conduct in Durban on March 6, 2018. His match fee was penalized 15%. Lyon joined a 26-person preliminary team on July 16, 2020, following the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ll train for an England tour. Lyon claimed his 112th wicket in Indore on March 2, 2023. He had the most Border-Gavaskar Trophy wickets.
Nathan Lyon Family:
Steven and Bronwyn Lyon had a son named Nathan Lyon in 1987. Brendan Lyon is Nathan Lyon’s older brother. Melissa Waring is Nathan Lyon’s ex-wife, and their children are named Harper Lyon and Milla Ellen.
Nathan Lyon Records:
- Take 5 wickets on Debut.
- Australia’s off-spinner with the most wickets taken.
- Maximum wickets in 2-Test series (22).
Bowling and Batting Stats:
Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
| Test | 120 | 225 | 31026 | 15115 | 487 | 8/50 | 13/154 | 2.92 | 31.04 | 63.71 | 23 | 4 |
| ODI | 29 | 29 | 1626 | 1334 | 29 | 4/44 | 4/44 | 4.92 | 46.0 | 56.07 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 2 | 2 | 30 | 48 | 1 | 1/33 | 1/33 | 9.6 | 48.0 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
| Test | 120 | 149 | 43 | 1346 | 47 | 12.7 | 2688 | 50.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 13 |
| ODI | 29 | 14 | 10 | 77 | 30 | 19.25 | 83 | 92.77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| T20I | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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