Nathan Lyon – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameNathan Michael Lyon

Born20 Nov 1987, Young, New South Wales

Age38 Years

NationalityAustralia

RoleBowler/Right-arm off break, Right-hand Batsman

BattingRight Hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Off Break

Height5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)

Jersey#67

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	145	1766	13.08	49.69	577	2.96
ODI	29	77	19.25	92.77	29	4.92
T20I	2	4	0	100	1	9.6
T20	51	60	5.45	93.75	57	7.34
List A	81	240	12.63	99.58	90	4.91
First-class	239	2811	12.33	49.18	863	2.93

Debuts

TestSri Lanka vs Australia at Galle23 Oct 2011

ODIAustralia vs Sri Lanka at Adelaide8 Mar 2012

T20IAustralia vs India at Melbourne29 Jan 2016

List ASouth Aust vs West Aust at Perth16 Feb 2011

T20NSW vs South Aust at Adelaide4 Jan 2011

Family

RelationsSteven Lyon (Father), Bronwyn Lyon (Mother), Brendan Lyon (Brother), Melissa Waring (Spouse), Harper Lyon (Daughter), Milla Ellen (Daughter)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	145	186	51	1766	47	13.08	3554	49.69	0	206	14	64
ODI	29	14	10	77	30	19.25	83	92.77	0	7	2	7
T20I	2	1	1	4	4	0	4	100	0	0	0	0
T20	51	18	7	60	11	5.45	64	93.75	0	4	0	15
List A	81	39	20	240	37	12.63	241	99.58	0	22	8	35
First-class	239	311	83	2811	75	12.33	5716	49.18	2	325	29	101

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	145	269	5916.5	17511	577	13/154	30.35	2.96	24	5
ODI	29	29	271	1334	29	4/44	46	4.92	0	0
T20I	2	2	5	48	1	1/33	48	9.6	0	0
T20	51	49	169.4	1247	57	5/23	21.87	7.34	1	0
List A	81	79	722.1	3547	90	4/10	39.41	4.91	0	0
First-class	239	434	9482.3	27793	863	13/154	32.21	2.93	31	6

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Big Bash League	36	40	9	3.64	83.33	43	8.19
The Marsh Cup	7	16	14	8.00	106.67	7	5.06
Sheffield Shield	41	484	61	9.49	43.14	143	2.69
County Championship	12	60	12	6.67	44.78	34	2.71
English One Day Cup	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
ICC Cricket World Cup	4	8	5	8.00	80.00	3	9.53

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
Pakistan	1	4	4	–	100.00	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Pakistan	1	1	33	33.00	8.25	24.00
India	1	0	15	–	15.00	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
South Africa	3	33	30	16.50	97.06
India	3	19	12	–	135.71
England	3	9	5	9.00	47.37
Zimbabwe	1	8	8	–	266.67
West Indies	1	4	4	–	80.00
Sri Lanka	2	4	4	4.00	57.14
New Zealand	1	0	0	–	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Pakistan	7	8	322	40.25	6.44	37.50
Zimbabwe	2	6	86	14.33	5.06	17.00
West Indies	2	4	80	20.00	4.44	27.00
South Africa	4	4	187	46.75	4.68	60.00
India	7	4	376	94.00	5.53	102.00
New Zealand	1	1	36	36.00	–	0.00
Sri Lanka	2	1	85	85.00	5.00	102.00
England	4	1	162	162.00	6.23	156.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	47	428	41	11.57	43.67
England	40	353	31	14.71	55.50
South Africa	29	296	47	11.84	51.66
West Indies	14	182	40	26.00	51.56
New Zealand	14	170	41	17.00	53.13
Pakistan	18	166	38	11.86	48.68
Sri Lanka	18	105	17	8.08	49.07
Bangladesh	6	66	32	13.20	48.18

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
India	56	130	4151	31.93	3.55	53.90
England	57	115	3393	29.50	3.14	56.42
New Zealand	24	63	1189	18.87	3.04	37.21
West Indies	26	63	1404	22.29	2.82	47.46
South Africa	40	62	2547	41.08	3.83	64.34
Sri Lanka	29	60	1919	31.98	3.33	57.63
Pakistan	30	58	2443	42.12	4.62	54.72
Bangladesh	7	26	465	17.88	2.56	41.85

Last 10 innings · batting

10 & 3*vs SA

1 & 33*vs SA

27vs SA

32*vs BAN

7 & 15vs BAN

9 & 0vs ENG

4vs ENG

0 & 0*vs VIC

0 & 0vs VIC

40vs WA

First Class vs SA10 Nov 2026 · b WA Agar & Not out 10 & 3*(18 & 23) Test vs SA27 Oct 2026 · c SR Harmer b PWA Mulder & Not out 1 & 33*(25 & 57) Test vs SA9 Oct 2026 · lbw b M Jansen 27(92) Test vs BAN22 Aug 2026 · Not out 32*(62) Test vs BAN13 Aug 2026 · c TN Hasan b H Mahmud & lbw b MH Miraz 7 & 15(13 & 27) Test vs ENG16 Dec 2025 · lbw b J Archer & lbw b B Carse 9 & 0(35 & 1) Test vs ENG21 Nov 2025 · c BM Duckett b B Carse 4(21) First Class vs VIC9 Nov 2025 · lbw b S Elliott & Not out 0 & 0*(2 & 6) First Class vs VIC14 Oct 2025 · b SM Boland & lbw b M Perry 0 & 0(3 & 6) First Class vs WA4 Oct 2025 · b C Rocchiccioli 40(57)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0 & 3/82 & 51vs SA

2 & 2/71 & 101vs SA

2 & 0/58 & 32vs SA

3/25vs BAN

1 & 0/102 & 23vs BAN

2 & 3/70 & 77vs ENG

0/10vs ENG

4 & 2/82 & 52vs VIC

2/120vs QB

2/31vs VIC

First Class vs SA10 Nov 2026 0 & 3/82 & 51 Test vs SA27 Oct 2026 2 & 2/71 & 101 Test vs SA9 Oct 2026 2 & 0/58 & 32 Test vs BAN22 Aug 2026 3/25 Test vs BAN13 Aug 2026 1 & 0/102 & 23 Test vs ENG16 Dec 2025 2 & 3/70 & 77 Test vs ENG21 Nov 2025 0/10 First Class vs VIC9 Nov 2025 4 & 2/82 & 52 First Class vs QB28 Oct 2025 2/120 First Class vs VIC14 Oct 2025 2/31

About Nathan Lyon

Nathan Michael Lyon is an Australian cricketer, who plays the role of a right-arm off break bowler in the team. He was born on 20 November 1987 in Young, New South Wales, Australia.

Lyon is a record holder of the most wickets taken in a Test match by any Australian off-spin bowler.

Background

Nathan started playing cricket from his teenage years, playing in Canberra for ACT Cricket's under-17s and under-19s teams. Lyon played for University of Canberra Cricket Club and Western Districts in ACT Grade cricket and debuted in 2008 for the ACT Comets in the Cricket Australia Cup against the South Australian Second XI.

He moved to Adelaide in 2010 and started to make his career as a member of the ground staff team at the Adelaide Oval. He then played for the Prospect Cricket Club in the South Australian Grade Cricket League while continuing playing for the Comets.

After Lyon's good performance in the Futures League Twenty20 in December 2010 for the Comets in Melbourne, where Darren Berry noticed his talent and selected Nathan to play for the Southern Redbacks in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash League.

Club Career

In the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 2010–11, Lyon was the leading wicket-taker in which Redbacks won the competition. Lyon got to play for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and the Australian domestic limited-overs competition and also he got selected to represent Australia A in Zimbabwe. He picked up 11 wickets in the tri-series and was entitled the Man of the Series.

In May 2017, Worcestershire signed Lyon as a replacement for John Hastings, who was busy with the ICC Champions Trophy.

Debut

Lyon was selected to be a part of the Australian Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka in 2011. His Test debut came at Galle on 31 August 2011.

While Nathan has represented the Australian team in the ODIs and one T20 match, he is majorly a Test player.

Records

Nathan Lyon took his first international wicket off his first ball itself to become the third Australian and seventeenth international player to achieve the feat in Test cricket.

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