Nathan Lyon (Australia)

Full Name: Nathan Michael Lyon
Date of Birth: Nov 20, 1987, Young, New South Wales
Major Team: 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 Roll: Bowler
Batting Style: Right
Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak
International Debut: 2011

Batting And Fielding Records

Type	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	129	163	44	1521	47	12.78	2960	51.39	-	-	195	14	61	-
ODI	29	14	10	77	30	19.25	83	92.77	-	-	7	2	7	-
T20I	2	1	1	4	4*	-	4	100.00	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bowling Records

Type	M	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Eco	SR	4W	5W	10W
Test	129	242	32761	16051	530	8/50	13/154	30.28	2.94	61.81	24	24	5
ODI	29	29	1626	1334	29	4/44	4/44	46.00	4.92	56.07	1	-	-
T20I	2	2	30	48	1	1/33	1/33	48.00	9.60	30.00	-	-	-

Career Statistics

Test Debut: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, 31 Aug - 03 Sep 2011
ODI Debut: Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Mar 08, 2012
T20I Debut: Australia v India at Melbourne, Jan 29, 2016

Nathan Lyon TimeLine

01-Sep-2011 - Nathan Lyon became the 14th bowler in the history of Test cricket to take a wicket in his very first ball during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, and the second Australian since Arthur Coningham who did it against England way back in 1894.

Latest Articles

Axar-Ashwin rearguard keeps India in the Test

Lyon six-fer gives Australia 1-0 lead

Five for Lyon as spin dominates action-packed first day

Lyon five-for take Australia to 1-0 series win

Lyon five-for gives Australia a lead of 203

Lyon stars on final day as Australia thrash England

Australia Well Ahead Despite Kohli Century

Abbas Strikes After Australia bowl Out Pakistan for 282

Lyon helps Australia to series-levelling win

Lyon eight-for floors India for 189

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Scores	Upcoming	Results
West Indies vs England - 5th T20I Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 2nd ODI 3rd T20I - Australia v Pakistan - November 18, 08:00 GMT 3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v New Zealand - November 19, 09:00 GMT 4th T20I - West Indies v England at St. Lucia West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) 2nd T20I - Australia v Pakistan at Sydney Australia won by 13 runs

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