AUS vs PAK: Nathan Lyon information five hundredth Test wicket, third Australian after Warne, McGrath to feat

Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon claimed his landmark five hundredth Test wicket throughout the first Test in opposition to Pakistan on the Perth Stadium on Sunday..

Lyon dismissed Faheem Ashraf to succeed in the milestone wicket in his 123rd Test. The 36-year-old struck once more in the identical over to assert the wicket of Aamer Jamal and crossed the landmark determine.

Lyon is the third Australian to succeed in the landmark after late Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.

Lyon can also be solely the fourth spinner to succeed in the mark, becoming a member of the illustrious firm of Muttiah Muralidaran, Warne and Anil Kumble.

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Lyon made his debut in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2011. He has recorded 23 five-wicket hauls and picked up 10 wickets in a Test on 4 events. Lyon can also be certainly one of six gamers ever to characteristic in 100 consecutive Tests for his or her respective groups, lacking a Test for the primary time in a decade with a calf pressure throughout the Ashes earlier this yr, the primary damage of his prolific profession.

Lyon can also be the main wicket-taker within the World Test Championship, the one bowler to report greater than 150 wickets with essentially the most five-wicket hauls (9) within the event.