Australia beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets inside four days of the second test to complete a 2-0 series sweep in Galle on Sunday. Replying to Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 257, Australia made 414 riding hundreds by skipper Steve Smith and Alex Carey to take charge of the contest. Australia bowled out Sri … Read more
Australia is not yet a great team but completing a series sweep in Sri Lanka would push it closer, according to spin bowler Nathan Lyon. Australia won the first Test by an innings and 242 runs in Galle and will look to wrap up the series 2-0 with another win at the same venue when … Read more
Australia tweaker Nathan Lyon has donated three bats signed by India internationals Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravichandran Ashwin for a silent auction, the proceeds of which will be used to support cricketers with disability. Australia captain Pat Cummins, batter Steve Smith and Lyon himself also signed on the three bats. This was done during … Read more
Past the Don Bradman statue frozen in an evocative drive, the Adelaide Oval remains a hallowed territory. Inside the ground, there is a surface layered with history and perhaps fortified with the sweat of a quintessential Aussie hero. Nathan Lyon, champion spinner, and naughty raconteur, knew the pitch in a rather intimate way, many years … Read more
From being among the ground-staff tending to the pitch at the Adelaide Oval to being a champion spinner excelling on its surface, Nathan Lyon has traversed an incredible journey. Back in a familiar environment, Lyon was at ease while also promoting his sport-for-all initiative, and these words were etched both in English and in Braille … Read more
Virat Kohli has been struggling for form of late, but the veteran Australia spinner has nothing but respect for the Indian, who he says is a champion you can not write off. Kohli has been enduring a lean patch over the past few months. In his last 60 Test innings, he has managed just two … Read more