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Nathan Lyon

Australia

Full name Nathan Michael Lyon

Born November 20, 1987, Young, New South Wales

Current age 25 years 210 days

Major teams Australia, Adelaide Strikers, Australia A, Australian Capital Territory, Australian Capital Territory Under-17s, Australian Capital Territory Under-19s, South Australia

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	22	29	13	232	40*	14.50	640	36.25	29	0	6
ODIs	2	2	1	4	4*	4.00	6	66.66	1	0	1
First-class	41	57	18	438	40*	11.23	1161	37.72	53	0	8
List A	16	11	6	71	37*	14.20	77	92.20	6	2	11
Twenty20	15	4	1	14	11	4.66	13	107.69	1	0	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	22	42	4840	2522	76	7/94	9/165	33.18	3.12	63.6	3	3
ODIs	2	2	96	77	1	1/41	1/41	77.00	4.81	96.0	0	0
First-class	41	75	8601	4664	122	7/94	9/165	38.22	3.25	70.5	5	3
List A	16	16	936	714	20	4/22	4/22	35.70	4.57	46.8	1	0
Twenty20	15	14	269	349	14	3/14	3/14	24.92	7.78	19.2	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 scorecard
Last Test	India v Australia at Delhi, Mar 22-24, 2013 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Mar 8, 2012 scorecard
Last ODI	West Indies v Australia at Kingstown, Mar 20, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Feb 10-13, 2011 scorecard
Last First-class	Ireland v Australia A at Belfast, Jun 14-17, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Feb 16, 2011 scorecard
Last List A	Tasmania v South Australia at Hobart, Oct 30, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, Jan 4, 2011 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers at Adelaide, Jan 10, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2, 1/34, 3/40	Australia A	v Ireland	Belfast	14 Jun 2013	FC
2/51, 7*, 2/33	Australia A	v Scotland	Edinburgh	7 Jun 2013	FC
8, 7/94, 5, 2/71	Australia	v India	Delhi	22 Mar 2013	Test # 2085
9*, 1/124, 18, 1/27	Australia	v India	Mohali	14 Mar 2013	Test # 2081
3, 3/215, 11, 1/29	Australia	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013	Test # 2074
2/113, 0	Australians	v India A	Chennai	16 Feb 2013	FC
12*, 3/69	Australians	v Ind Pres XI	Chennai	12 Feb 2013	Other
0/77, 0, 1/15, 0	South Aust	v Victoria	Adelaide	24 Jan 2013	FC
0/17, 2	Adelaide	v Scorchers	Adelaide	10 Jan 2013	T20
1/69, 4, 1/66	Australia	v Sri Lanka	Sydney	3 Jan 2013	Test # 2070

Profile

An offspinner whose work as a curator took him from Canberra to Adelaide, Nathan Lyon completed a remarkable rise when he was picked in Australia's Test squad in July 2011. The previous year, he had taken up a job on the Adelaide Oval groundstaff, and his bowling talent was spotted by the Redbacks' Big Bash coach Darren Berry. Lyon impressed in Twenty20s for South Australia and made his first-class debut, before winning a spot in the one-day squad for Australia A's tour of Zimbabwe. A classical offspinner who flights the ball and looks for wickets, Lyon so impressed the selectors that he was chosen for the Test leg of the tour of Sri Lanka. He debuted in the first Test in Galle, and exceeded expectations, dismissing Kumar Sangakkara off his first delivery, and taking 5 for 34 in Sri Lanka's first innings.
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