Full name Nathan Michael Lyon
Born November 20, 1987, Young, New South Wales
Current age 33 years 99 days
Major teams Australia, Adelaide Strikers, Australia A, Australian Capital Territory, Australian Capital Territory Under-17s, Australian Capital Territory Under-19s, New South Wales, South Australia, Sydney Sixers
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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Tests | 100 | 129 | 39 | 1101 | 47 | 12.23 | 2282 | 48.24 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 8 | 50 | 0 |
ODIs | 29 | 14 | 10 | 77 | 30 | 19.25 | 83 | 92.77 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
T20Is | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4* | - | 4 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 169 | 217 | 61 | 2014 | 75 | 12.91 | 3986 | 50.52 | 0 | 2 | 236 | 20 | 78 | 0 |
List A | 73 | 36 | 19 | 227 | 37* | 13.35 | 223 | 101.79 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 31 | 0 |
T20s | 46 | 16 | 7 | 55 | 11 | 6.11 | 59 | 93.22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 100 | 191 | 25690 | 12816 | 399 | 8/50 | 13/154 | 32.12 | 2.99 | 64.3 | 16 | 18 | 3 |
ODIs | 29 | 29 | 1626 | 1334 | 29 | 4/44 | 4/44 | 46.00 | 4.92 | 56.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
T20Is | 2 | 2 | 30 | 48 | 1 | 1/33 | 1/33 | 48.00 | 9.60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 169 | 312 | 40643 | 20421 | 600 | 8/50 | 13/154 | 34.03 | 3.01 | 67.7 | 24 | 21 | 4 |
List A | 73 | 72 | 3967 | 3230 | 84 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 38.45 | 4.88 | 47.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 46 | 44 | 922 | 1108 | 54 | 5/23 | 5/23 | 20.51 | 7.21 | 17.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 scorecard |
Last Test | Australia v India at Brisbane, Jan 15-19, 2021 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Mar 8, 2012 scorecard |
Last ODI | England v Australia at Birmingham, Jul 11, 2019 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Australia v India at Melbourne, Jan 29, 2016 scorecard |
Last T20I | Australia v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), Oct 28, 2018 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Feb 10-13, 2011 scorecard |
Last First-class | New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Feb 17-19, 2021 scorecard |
List A debut | Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Feb 16, 2011 scorecard |
Last List A | New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Feb 15, 2021 scorecard |
T20s debut | South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, Jan 4, 2011 scorecard |
Last T20s | Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars at Sydney, Feb 8, 2020 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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8, 6/21, 21, 4/57 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 17 Feb 2021 | FC |
0, 0/51 | NSW | v Victoria | Sydney | 15 Feb 2021 | LA |
24, 1/65, 13, 2/85 | Australia | v India | Brisbane | 15 Jan 2021 | Test # 2404 |
0, 0/87, 2/114 | Australia | v India | Sydney | 7 Jan 2021 | Test # 2402 |
20, 3/72, 3, 0/5 | Australia | v India | Melbourne | 26 Dec 2020 | Test # 2398 |
1/68, 10 | Australia | v India | Adelaide | 17 Dec 2020 | Test # 2396 |
0, 2/55, 3/60 | NSW | v Tasmania | Adelaide | 8 Nov 2020 | FC |
0/62, 4, 2/74, 12 | NSW | v Queensland | Adelaide | 30 Oct 2020 | FC |
2/141 | NSW | v West Aust | Adelaide | 19 Oct 2020 | FC |
0, 0/31 | Finch's XI | v Cummins' XI | Southampton | 1 Sep 2020 | Other T20 |
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 T20s for South Australia, made his first-class debut, and within seven months was a Test cricketer. A classical offspinner who flights the ball and looks for wickets, Lyon struck with his first delivery in Test cricket when he had Kumar Sangakkara caught at slip in Galle. It was part of a haul of 5 for 34 and the beginning of a career that would, for the most part, end Australia's cycle of churning through Test spinners in the post-Warne era. By 2015, Lyon had become Australia's most successful Test offspinner of all time, passing Hugh Trumble's tally of 141 wickets, and he was affectionately nicknamed by his teammates as the GOAT - greatest of all time - as a result.