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<\/p>\n\u201cSo it\u2019s going to be challenging for their batters and challenging for our batters. That\u2019s the way cricket should be, you want to see competition between bat and ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s crucial, and all the fans, that\u2019s what they want to see, they don\u2019t really want to watch what happened over in Manchester last week.\u201d<\/p>\n
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England\u2019s players follow Nathan Lyon off the field at Lord\u2019s.Credit: Getty<\/p>\n
Lyon admitted to being hurt by his omission from the Australian team for the third Test in Jamaica earlier this month, even if his replacement Scott Boland took a hat-trick to more than vindicate the decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no point hiding that I was disappointed with their decision, but I totally understood it,\u201d Lyon said. \u201cDisappointed on a number of levels. One, I believe I can play a role in any conditions and I still honestly believe that, and the other one was not to walk out on the field with Starcy [Mitchell Starc for his 100th Test].<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can sit here and say hats off to them, they made the right call, and if I\u2019m going to miss a game, Scott Boland is the guy you want to see go out and perform, and for him to go out there and bowl like he did, like we know he does, to take a hat-trick was pretty special. For the guys to bowl them out for 27 was pretty fun to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the batting misadventures of Sam Konstas, Lyon said it was critical that the senior members of the team kept the teenager close and helped him navigate the next few months as he continued to work on his game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a massive learning curve for Sam. I don\u2019t think we need to be so hard on him,\u201d Lyon said. \u201cHe\u2019s young and still learning his game and, as Test cricketers, we\u2019ve all been through those periods throughout our careers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about us senior players making sure we\u2019re around him and making sure he knows he\u2019s got full support. I think he\u2019ll go on the Australia A tour to India (in September), so he\u2019ll have some cricket there, then the [Sheffield] Shield cricket as well.<\/p>\n
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\u201cSo it\u2019s about us putting our arms around him and making sure he goes out there and backs his skill and finds the method he wants to bat with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before the home season, Lyon has planned a series of spin bowling seminars in Goulburn, Canberra and Wagga Wagga as he seeks to mentor future generations of tweakers.<\/p>\n