Nathan Lyon (cricketer)

Nathan Lyon

Lyon in December 2009
Personal information
Full name	Nathan Michael Lyon
Born	(1987-11-20) 20 November 1987 (age 29) Young, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	Garry, Gazza, Lyno,Lion, GOAT
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm off break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 421)	31 August 2011 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	18 March 2017 v India
ODI debut (cap 194)	8 March 2012 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	24 August 2016 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	67
Only T20I (cap 77)	29 January 2016 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2010	ACT Comets
2011–2013	South Australia
2011–2013	Adelaide Strikers
2013–present	New South Wales
2013–present	Sydney Sixers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 65 13 111 49 Runs scored 655 46 1,314 168 Batting average 12.84 23.00 13.68 15.27 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0 Top score 40* 30 75 37* Balls bowled 15,054 720 24,785 2,635 Wickets 241 17 359 61 Bowling average 33.09 34.82 36.66 34.63 5 wickets in innings 8 0 8 0 10 wickets in match 1 n/a 1 n/a Best bowling 8/50 4/44 8/50 4/10 Catches/stumpings 32/– 2/– 47/– 24/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 March 2017

Nathan Michael Lyon (born 20 November 1987 in Young, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. He holds the record for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian off-spin bowler, after passing Hugh Trumble's 141 wickets in 2015, thus earning the nickname amongst teammates of "GOAT", which stands for "Greatest of All Time".

Nathan Lyon moved from Young to Canberra as a teenager where he went on to play for ACT Cricket's under-17s and under-19s representative teams. Lyon played for Western Districts and University of Canberra Cricket Club in ACT Grade cricket and debuted for the ACT Comets in 2008 in the Cricket Australia Cup against the South Australian Second XI where he claimed a wicket on day one. During his time with Comets Lyon was mentored by captain, and later captain-coach, Mark Higgs, who helped him in his spin bowling, getting his bowling action right as well as the tactical side including what lines to bowl and fields to set. After Lyon left the Comets he continued to keep in contact with Higgs in regards to the game.

In 2010 Nathan Lyon moved to Adelaide and worked as a member of the ground staff team at the Adelaide Oval. He played for the Prospect Cricket Club in the South Australian Grade Cricket League while continuing playing for the Comets in the Futures League. After Lyon's performance in the 2010 Futures League Twenty20 in December for the Comets in Melbourne which South Australia's Twenty20 coach Darren Berry witnessed he was selected to play for the Southern Redbacks in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.

In 2010–11 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Lyon was the leading wicket-taker where the Redbacks went on to win the competition. Lyon went on to play for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and the Australian domestic limited-overs competition. In the same year he was selected to represent Australia A in Zimbabwe where he took 11 wickets in the tri-series to be named man of the series. Nathan Lyon has signed to play in the inaugural season of the Big Bash League for the Adelaide Strikers.In 2013, Lyon switched to New South Wales and Sydney Sixers.