Why would you drop a player of Nathan Lyon‘s caliber, who has 562 wickets in 140 Tests, and this year has 24 in 7 matches in 2025. Even the bowler does not have this answer. And it seems, due to the same reason, all is not well between Lyon and selector George Bailey.
Nathan Lyon not pleased over exclusion from Ashes Test
In an explosive interview with Channel 7, the spinner did not hold back, and came up with how he felt. He revealed, that he did not know about the exclusion from the playing XI until half an hour before the match. “Absolutely filthy,” he said. “But yeah, can’t do anything about it. So, yeah, hope I can play my role in making sure I get the guys ready and do whatever I can to make sure that we get the right result here.”
Lyon, for the very first time in his career missed a match at home, and he further added, that he is yet to have a word with the head coach or the selector as yet. “To be honest I haven’t really sat down with Ronnie [Andrew McDonald] or George yet. I’m letting things settle down in my own head and trying to make sure that I’m, as I said, doing whatever I can to make sure the guys out in the middle representing Australia do the right thing and get the right result for us.”
Lyon yet to speak with management
Asked, if there was any lack of communication from the management, he clarified, that there was no such issue. “The communication is always there, I just hadn’t had it in me to sit down with the coach and George at the moment,” he added. “So that will happen. I’m not the first player to miss a Test match and I won’t be the last. But, yeah, obviously pretty gutted because I know the role that I can play within Australian cricket and especially a venue like this.”
As far as the Gabba Test is concerned, England finished day 1 on 325/9. Mitchell Starc returned with figures of 6/71. Joe Root slammed his first ton in Australia, and scored 135 not out.
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