NEW DELHI: Australian cricket stalwart Nathan Lyon has prolonged his willingness to bolster Australia’s spin division ought to the necessity come up throughout the ongoing Cricket World Cup in India.
The Australian group faces a possible problem within the spin division as a result of unavailability of Ashton Agar, who’s sidelined from the ICC occasion because of a calf damage sustained throughout T20Is in South Africa final month. With just one specialist spinner, Adam Zampa, and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell as the choice, Australia might really feel the absence of a devoted sluggish bowler, significantly in situations that favour spin in India.
Lyon, who has a wealth of expertise, expressed his readiness to contribute, stating, “I despatched Andrew McDonald a textual content message the opposite day once I noticed Ashton Agar was dominated out. I stated, ‘Simply to let you recognize, I am again bowling 10 overs, I am proper to go, 100 per cent’. If that occurred I would do something to go over and play the World Cup.”
He emphasised that for this situation to return to fruition, a number of components would wish to go awry for the Australian group, and he hoped that such a state of affairs would not come up. At the moment targeted on his return to aggressive cricket following a calf damage, Lyon is ready to function in Marsh Cup and Sheffield Defend video games. He’s additionally in line to take part within the opening Take a look at towards Pakistan in Perth on December 14.
In One Day Internationals (ODIs), Lyon’s monitor document is comparatively restricted, with 29 wickets in the identical variety of matches at a mean of 46.zero and an financial system fee of 4.92. His greatest bowling figures in ODIs stand at 4/44. His final look within the Australian ODI setup was throughout the earlier World Cup in July 2019.
Regardless of providing his providers, Lyon believes that Glenn Maxwell is well-equipped to shoulder the extra bowling duty, significantly after Australian skipper Pat Cummins endorsed Maxwell as a front-line spinner for the group. Lyon said, “Hundred per cent I am backing his skill-set to do the job there, and when Travis Head comes again, I dare say his off-breaks can be fairly efficient as properly.”
(With inputs from PTI)
The Australian group faces a possible problem within the spin division as a result of unavailability of Ashton Agar, who’s sidelined from the ICC occasion because of a calf damage sustained throughout T20Is in South Africa final month. With just one specialist spinner, Adam Zampa, and all-rounder Glenn Maxwell as the choice, Australia might really feel the absence of a devoted sluggish bowler, significantly in situations that favour spin in India.
Lyon, who has a wealth of expertise, expressed his readiness to contribute, stating, “I despatched Andrew McDonald a textual content message the opposite day once I noticed Ashton Agar was dominated out. I stated, ‘Simply to let you recognize, I am again bowling 10 overs, I am proper to go, 100 per cent’. If that occurred I would do something to go over and play the World Cup.”
He emphasised that for this situation to return to fruition, a number of components would wish to go awry for the Australian group, and he hoped that such a state of affairs would not come up. At the moment targeted on his return to aggressive cricket following a calf damage, Lyon is ready to function in Marsh Cup and Sheffield Defend video games. He’s additionally in line to take part within the opening Take a look at towards Pakistan in Perth on December 14.
In One Day Internationals (ODIs), Lyon’s monitor document is comparatively restricted, with 29 wickets in the identical variety of matches at a mean of 46.zero and an financial system fee of 4.92. His greatest bowling figures in ODIs stand at 4/44. His final look within the Australian ODI setup was throughout the earlier World Cup in July 2019.
Regardless of providing his providers, Lyon believes that Glenn Maxwell is well-equipped to shoulder the extra bowling duty, significantly after Australian skipper Pat Cummins endorsed Maxwell as a front-line spinner for the group. Lyon said, “Hundred per cent I am backing his skill-set to do the job there, and when Travis Head comes again, I dare say his off-breaks can be fairly efficient as properly.”
(With inputs from PTI)