1 week Ago By Ian Chadband
Nathan Lyon believes Australia would have won the 2023 Ashes series 4-0 if he hadn’t broken down with injury. But the veteran spinner says it’s still on his “bucket list” to be back for the 2027 Ashes series to earn the series win that was denied him when a calf injury forced him out of last year’s drawn series. Nathan Lyon hobbled out to bat at Lord’s despite a calf injury that would rule him out for the rest of the Ashes series.
Credit: Getty Images Lyon, who is still looking for his first victory in English county cricket with Lancashire, reflected on his dramatic Ashes exit in an interview with BBC Sport “I do believe if I was here it would have been 4-0 to Australia,” said Lyon, who had helped Australia take a 2-0 lead while suffering his series-ending injury when fielding in the second Test at Lord’s. He then had to watch the rest of the campaign in frustration from the sidelines as England fought back to draw 2-2, and would have won the series if not for the rain at Old Trafford. His injury left the veteran in tears and led to one of the most remarkable comeback cameos when Lyon defied his injury to hobble out to bat in Australia’s second knock .
He received applause from all quarters at the home of cricket, leaving him to finally realise he wasn’t the Australian bogeyman he had been built up to be in England. “My wife, her parents and a good family friend were all in the crowd in tears,” Lyon said..
