{"id":31554,"date":"2025-07-30T03:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31554\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:45:11","slug":"nathan-lyon-sledges-ben-stokes-bazball-after-handshake-drama-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/31554\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Lyon sledges Ben Stokes, Bazball after handshake drama, video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nathan Lyon on Tuesday offered England\u2019s cricketers a word of advice on how they could\u2019ve handled the end of the fourth Test against India more suitably, instead of offering an early handshake<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cGet them out,\u201d came Lyon\u2019s blunt reply when asked at a sponsor function for the Melbourne Renegades. <\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t let them get a hundred.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Lyon was pressed further but after laughing and composing himself, opted against fanning the flames further \u2014 but the subtle sledge was already out there. <\/p>\n

England sparked a frenzy at Old Trafford when captain Ben Stokes and his players forcibly tried to call an early draw in the Test while Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja were both chasing centuries.<\/p>\n

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The offer declined, England proceeded to bowl some poor deliveries via batter Harry Brook and sledge their Indian rivals until they reached their milestones. <\/p>\n

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Lyon has been a keen observer of the series with the Ashes on the horizon, and was asked for his view on how the fourth Test reached its controversial conclusion.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Lyon said he would have taken the more conventional approach to stopping their charges to three-figures by getting Sundar a Jadeja out \u2014 an early sledge that will only add fuel to the fire of this summer\u2019s Ashes series. <\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, in a further sledge, Lyon said England is transforming its once \u201ctotally reckless\u201d Bazball approach to mirror the win-orientated Aussies, and are now playing a style they have championed for the past decade. <\/p>\n

Lyon has often downplayed England\u2019s touted ultra-aggressive style under coach Brendon McCullum and repeated his analysis on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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England leads what has become a feisty series against India 2-1 heading into the final Test this week before it prepares for the upcoming Ashes in Australia with players including the world\u2019s No.1 batter, Brook, declaring his team has been \u201ctoo nice\u201d in the past.<\/p>\n

Lyon, a self-labelled \u201ccricket nuffy\u201d, says he is watching the heated series with keen interest and is noticing a shift in the English way with winning now above entertainment in their goals. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re just doing what we\u2019ve been doing for the last 10 years, playing a positive brand of cricket (and) trying to win games of cricket,\u201d Lyon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Bazball has honestly changed a little bit, they\u2019re now thinking about ways of how to win games, not being totally reckless.<\/p>\n

There have been several flashpoints in England\u2019s series against India. (Photo by Stu Forster\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThe conditions over here, it\u2019s always been a great competition between bat and ball \u2026 it\u2019s going to be challenging for their batters, challenging for our batters.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day and you want to see competition between bat and ball, I think that\u2019s crucial \u2026 all the fans, that\u2019s what they want to see as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lyon was dropped for the first time in over a decade ahead of the final Test in the West Indies for eventual hat-trick taker Scott Boland.<\/p>\n

But the off-spinner isn\u2019t expecting to be carrying the drinks come the first Test at Perth Stadium later this year.<\/p>\n

Lyon says he is already studying the English and how he can navigate their aggressive style.<\/p>\n

\u201cI totally expect them to come out and attack me, I think every touring team comes and says they\u2019re going to attack the spinner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nathan Lyon celebrates an Ashes wicket back in 2023 (Photo by Ian Kington \/ AFP)Source: AFP<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pretty used to that now, I\u2019ve got no dramas with guys trying to attack me, it brings me into the game (and) I\u2019m looking forward to that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got some plans and am already writing down a few things I want to try and put in play and working on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s exciting, that\u2019s why you want to play against the best players in the game and they\u2019ve got some of the best batters at the moment playing in their side.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a good challenge we should all be very excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday that England would take on a PMs XI in a pink-ball contest in Canberra in the lead-up to the second Test at the Gabba, which will be a day-night affair. <\/p>\n

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