Lyon finishes with best figures by an Australian in Asia
Lyon also became only the second offspinner - the first in over 110 years - to take two ten-wicket hauls in Tests for his country
Gaurav Sundararaman
07-Sep-2017
Nathan Lyon finished with a 13-for, his best in Tests • Getty Images
22 - Number of wickets taken by Nathan Lyon this series, the joint second-most wickets in a two-match Test series along with Muttiah Muralitharan. Only Rangana Herath has taken more (23).
13/154 - The best match-figures by an Australia bowler in Asia. Lyon went past team-mate Steven O'Keefe, who had picked up 12 for 70 earlier this year against India in Pune. Lyon is the only other visiting bowler apart from Ian Botham to take 13 wickets in a Test in Asia.
2 - Ten-wicket hauls in Tests for Nathan Lyon. This is also Lyon's first ten-for in Asia. Lyon also became only the third offspinner from Australia - the first in over 110 years - to take two ten-wicket hauls.
46 - Total wickets taken by Nathan Lyon in 2017 - the most for any bowler this calendar year. Lyon went past both R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja who have 44 wickets each.
3 - Consecutive five-wicket hauls for Nathan Lyon in this series. The last Australian to achieve this was Shane Warne when he took four consecutive five-fors against Sri Lanka in 2004.
Gaurav Sundararaman is a senior stats analyst at ESPNcricinfo