All eyes of ‘The Ashes’ will be on Australian spinner Nathan Lyon. Actually, Lyon is just 13 steps away from taking 500 wickets in his Test career. If he manages to achieve 13 successes in the upcoming series, he will become the 13th bowler in the world and the third bowler in Australia to take 500 wickets in the history of Test cricket.
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The prestigious tournament ‘The Ashes’ played between England and Australia is starting from 16th June. During the series, all eyes will be on the experienced Australian spinner Nathan Lyon. (Nathan Lyon/Instagram)
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Nathan Lyon is just 13 steps away from taking 500 wickets in his Test career. If he manages to achieve 13 successes in the upcoming series, then he will become the 13th bowler in the world to take 500 wickets in the history of Test cricket. (Nathan Lyon/Instagram)
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Not only this, he will also become the third Australian player to take 500 wickets in Test format as soon as he gets 13 successes. So far only two bowlers have taken more than 500 wickets in Test cricket for the Kangaroo team. This includes the names of Shane Warne (708) and Glenn Magrath (563). (Nathan Lyon/Instagram)
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Let us tell you that the record of taking the most wickets in Test cricket is in the name of former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Muralitharan has taken 800 wickets at an average of 22.73 in 230 innings playing 133 Test matches for his team. (Nathan Lyon/Instagram)
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Talk about Nathan Lyon’s Test career, he has played a total of 120 Test matches for Australia so far. Meanwhile, he has got 487 successes in 225 innings at an average of 31.04. In the Test format, he has the feat of taking five wickets 23 times and 10 wickets four times. (Nathan Lyon/Instagram)