Former Australia captain Mark Taylor mentioned he’s assured veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon might play Take a look at cricket into his 40s, including that it shouldn’t be a shock if the identical occurs in future.
Within the first Take a look at at Perth towards Pakistan, Lyon, who made his Take a look at debut in 2011, grew to become the third Australian and eighth bowler general to take greater than 500 Take a look at wickets. Lyon had beforehand talked about his want to proceed until 2027 Ashes in England, and by then he might be 39.
“That wouldn’t shock me to be completely trustworthy as a result of he’s nonetheless very eager and I spoke to him solely lately and he talked about perhaps going again to England. That’s 2027, one of the best a part of three and a half years away.”
“It wouldn’t shock me if he will get up in direction of 40 if he’s nonetheless having fun with it and taking wicket. I don’t see him giving it up in a rush,” mentioned Taylor to Extensive World of Sports activities.
With 501 wickets in 123 video games, Lyon at the moment sits eighth on the all-time record of most Take a look at wickets taken, behind Muthiah Muralitharan (800), Shane Warne (708), James Anderson (690), Anil Kumble (619), Stuart Broad (604), Glenn McGrath (563), and Courtney Walsh (519).
“I don’t like saying issues about historical past as a result of it’s so completely different now. The fellows of right now and even my period, we performed so many extra video games. In case you say the quantity two in historical past, it means you’re forgetting about individuals like O’Reilly and Grimmett and a few of these names from yesteryear who didn’t have the chance to play 123 check matches.”
“Clearly you’re eluding to the truth that Warnie can be primary, however as soon as once more, Warnie was primary as a result of sure, he was an awesome spinner, but additionally he was in a position to play much more check matches. I don’t like rating guys over the historical past of the sport as a result of it’s too far,” added Taylor on the place he would rank Lyon as a bowler in Take a look at cricket.
The second Take a look at between Australia and Pakistan will start on December 26, which is the Boxing Day, on the MCG. Australia have a 1-0 lead within the three-game sequence, after thrashing Pakistan by 360 runs within the sequence opener at Perth.
