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The Age
5 hours ago
- Sport
- The Age
‘Get them out': Lyon has a dig at England over Manchester tantrum
'Get them out. Don't let them get a hundred.' Nathan Lyon was trying to be careful, but there was no denying the sting in his assessment of what England might have done instead of throwing a tantrum at the end of the drawn Manchester Test. As attention starts to turn towards the Ashes on Australian soil this summer, Lyon spoke eagerly about the prospect of being attacked by the Bazballers – unsurprisingly given how well he fared against them before the calf injury that curtailed his 2023 England tour. 'I totally expect them to come out and attack me,' Lyon said at a Melbourne Renegades sponsor event in Melbourne. 'I think every touring team says they're going to come and attack the spinner, so I'm pretty used to that now. 'Guys trying to attack me brings me into the game. So I'm looking forward to that. I've got some plans, and I'm already writing down a few things I want to try to put in play and work on. Loading 'That's England and the way they're playing their cricket, so it's amazing theatre and something I love viewing.' Lyon added that he expected Australian pitches to be similarly sporting to those prepared for India last summer, when the hosts prevailed 3-1 in a seesawing series that was in doubt until the final game at the SCG. He is no fan of the featureless, batter-friendly pitches being used in the England v India series. 'I think Bazball has changed a little bit, they're now honestly talking about ways of how to win games and not being too reckless,' he said. 'But the conditions over here, it's alway been a great competition between bat and ball and that's the way Australia's produced wickets like that.
Indian Express
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
‘Fans don't want to watch what happened in Manchester,' Nathan Lyon takes a dig at the flat surface during India-England Test
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon took a dig at the disturbingly flat pitches used in the ongoing India-England series. Praising the conditions in Australia, he dwelled on the one that produced a thrilling draw in Old Trafford, where India gritted out for 143 overs to save the Test. 'The conditions over here (in Australia), it's alway been a great competition between bat and ball and that's the way Australia's produced wickets like that. So it's going to be challenging for their batters and challenging for our batters. That's the way cricket should be, you want to see competition between bat and ball,' he stressed. 'I think that's crucial, and all the fans, that's what they want to see, they don't really want to watch what happened over in Manchester last week,' he quipped. Lyon, the leading wicket-taker in contemporary cricket, has urged the Bazballers to attack him when they tour Down Under later this year. 'I totally expect them to come out and attack me,' Lyon said at a Melbourne Renegades sponsor event in Melbourne. Every touring team to Australia, he says, targets the spinners, even though Lyon might have a combined wicket tally of the entire bowling squad of England. 'I think every touring team says they're going to come and attack the spinner, so I'm pretty used to that now. Guys trying to attack me bring me into the game. So I'm looking forward to that. I've got some plans, and I'm already writing down a few things I want to try to put in play and work on. That's England and the way they're playing their cricket, so it's amazing theatre and something I love viewing,' he observed. He, though, admitted being hurt by the snub in the third Test between Australia and West Indies. There's no point hiding that I was disappointed with their decision, but I totally understood it,' Lyon said. 'Disappointed on a number of levels. One, I believe I can play a role in any conditions and I still honestly believe that, and the other one was not to walk out on the field with Starcy [Mitchell Starc for his 100th Test],' he said. 'We can sit here and say hats off to them, they made the right call, and if I'm going to miss a game, Scott Boland is the guy you want to see go out and perform, and for him to go out there and bowl like he did, like we know he does, to take a hat-trick was pretty special. For the guys to bowl them out for 27 was pretty fun to watch,' he added. He also backed under-fire teenage opener Sam Konstas to come good. 'It's a massive learning curve for Sam. I don't think we need to be so hard on him. He's young and still learning his game and, as Test cricketers, we've all been through those periods throughout our careers,' said Lyon. 'It's about us senior players making sure we're around him and making sure he knows he's got full support. I think he'll go on the Australia A tour to India (in September), so he'll have some cricket there, then the [Sheffield] Shield cricket as well. So it's about us putting our arms around him and making sure he goes out there and backs his skill and finds the method he wants to bat with,' he added. He was also certain Marnus Labuschagne would return to the squad after e was dropped during the Caribbean tour. 'Marn's upbeat, and so he should be,' Lyon said. 'His Test record speaks volumes. He absolutely put a couple of coaches into the ground over there with the amount of training that he was doing. But that's Marn. That's the way he prepares. And he's still a class player, and he will be for a long period of time. So I'm still expecting bigger and better things from Marnus.'
Sydney Morning Herald
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Get them out': Lyon takes swipe at England over Manchester tantrum
'Get them out. Don't let them get a hundred.' Nathan Lyon was trying to be careful, but there was no denying the sting in his assessment of what England might have done instead of throwing a tantrum at the end of the drawn Manchester Test. As attention starts to turn towards the Ashes on Australian soil this summer, Lyon spoke eagerly about the prospect of being attacked by the Bazballers – unsurprisingly given how well he fared against them before the calf injury that curtailed his 2023 England tour. 'I totally expect them to come out and attack me,' Lyon said at a Melbourne Renegades sponsor event in Melbourne. 'I think every touring team says they're going to come and attack the spinner, so I'm pretty used to that now. 'Guys trying to attack me brings me into the game. So I'm looking forward to that. I've got some plans, and I'm already writing down a few things I want to try to put in play and work on. Loading 'That's England and the way they're playing their cricket, so it's amazing theatre and something I love viewing.' Lyon added that he expected Australian pitches to be similarly sporting to those prepared for India last summer, when the hosts prevailed 3-1 in a seesawing series that was in doubt until the final game at the SCG. He is no fan of the featureless, batter-friendly pitches being used in the England v India series. 'I think Bazball has changed a little bit, they're now honestly talking about ways of how to win games and not being too reckless,' he said. 'But the conditions over here, it's alway been a great competition between bat and ball and that's the way Australia's produced wickets like that.
The Age
16 hours ago
- Sport
- The Age
‘Get them out': Lyon takes swipe at England over Manchester tantrum
'Get them out. Don't let them get a hundred.' Nathan Lyon was trying to be careful, but there was no denying the sting in his assessment of what England might have done instead of throwing a tantrum at the end of the drawn Manchester Test. As attention starts to turn towards the Ashes on Australian soil this summer, Lyon spoke eagerly about the prospect of being attacked by the Bazballers – unsurprisingly given how well he fared against them before the calf injury that curtailed his 2023 England tour. 'I totally expect them to come out and attack me,' Lyon said at a Melbourne Renegades sponsor event in Melbourne. 'I think every touring team says they're going to come and attack the spinner, so I'm pretty used to that now. 'Guys trying to attack me brings me into the game. So I'm looking forward to that. I've got some plans, and I'm already writing down a few things I want to try to put in play and work on. Loading 'That's England and the way they're playing their cricket, so it's amazing theatre and something I love viewing.' Lyon added that he expected Australian pitches to be similarly sporting to those prepared for India last summer, when the hosts prevailed 3-1 in a seesawing series that was in doubt until the final game at the SCG. He is no fan of the featureless, batter-friendly pitches being used in the England v India series. 'I think Bazball has changed a little bit, they're now honestly talking about ways of how to win games and not being too reckless,' he said. 'But the conditions over here, it's alway been a great competition between bat and ball and that's the way Australia's produced wickets like that.
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Climate
- Indian Express
Manchester Weather update, IND vs ENG Test Day 4: Rain set to affect morning session at Old Trafford today?
Manchester weather update, India vs England Test day 4: After finding themselves in troubled waters on the Old Trafford surface, the heavens might just dampen the visitors' hopes before they set out to bat on day four of the fourth Test as spells of rain are expected to hit the ground on Saturday. Ben Stokes' Bazballers are pole position as they aim to take an unassailable 3-1 series lead after soaring past India's 358-run first-innings total on Day 3. Led by Joe Root's record-breaking 38th Test century, which he duly converted to a whopping 16th 150 in his career, England deflated the Indian pace attack as they moved up to 544 for seven before stumps, leading by 186 runs. With fifties from Ollie Pope and captain Ben Stokes, captain Gill and Co. were left with minimal options on the field on Friday. However, the rains might just compound their woes today with overcast skies expected to blanket the ground after a spotless day of sunshine. According to the UK Met Office department, wet weather is likely to persist throughout the morning and afternoon in Manchester with chances of rainfall peaking at noon. However, the Met department predicts the weather to be carrying 'light rain changing to overcast by late morning.' Manchester weather today (UK Met Office) None of India's lead pacers were able to inflict damage on the English batters as India bore the ignominy of conceding a 500-plus total for the first time in an overseas Test in a decade. England were also the last time to record three 400-plus scores in a series against India in the sub-continent in 2016, as they have this series. England were also the last side to rack up over 500 runs in an innings against India, having recorded the feat during their 2021 tour to India in Chennai. Staring at the possibility of an innings defeat, Gill and India may just have to counter the mercurial English weather alongside the host's pace attack on Saturday.
