A true champion of Australian cricket, Nathan Lyon, is proof that determination, skill, and application, are the true keys to sporting success.<\/p>\n
He is bringing that simple message to Dubbo on his \u201cHave You Got What It Takes?\u201d regional tour that will include an \u201cEmerging Leadership\u201d summit; a junior cricket clinic; and a parents, players and club evening forum. <\/p>\n
The junior cricket clinic is on Wednesday, June 3, with spots still available at time of writing; also for the clubs\u2019 night on that evening and the emerging leaders\u2019 summit on Thursday, June 4.<\/p>\n
Lyon made his Test debut for Australia in 2011 and now holds the record for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian off-spin bowler. <\/p>\n
In 2025, he became the nation\u2019s second-highest Test wicket-taker of all time and now ranks sixth in the world for Test cricket with more than 560 scalps, pointing to help he got along the way as central to his success.<\/p>\n
\u201cYoung athletes don\u2019t grow in isolation \u2013 they grow with the help of many,\u201d Lyon said. <\/p>\n
\u201cParents, schools, coaches, clubs and local businesses all shape the environment that determines whether talent thrives or fades. It\u2019s a whole of community effort,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
He said the idea for the regional tour \u2013 which also takes in Orange and Parkes \u2013 came from a desire to give back to the game that had given him so much. <\/p>\n
\u201cCricket has provided so many great experiences on and off the field, and all around the world, and I\u2019ve been fortunate to enjoy a long career in the game I love. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve learned and grown so much during this time and I\u2019m really keen to share that with the next generation,\u201d Lyon explained. <\/p>\n
He has a passion to mentor in the regions \u2013 \u201cthe heartland of Australia\u201d as he calls it \u2013 himself hailing from the \u201ccherry capital of Australia\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was lucky enough to grow up in the regional town of Young, and play my first cricket there, so I know how important it is to bring sporting development opportunities to rural and regional locations and appreciate the passion there is for sport in these areas,\u201d Lyon explained. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe cricket world is so competitive, just like any other professional arena, so aside from the sports skills you need to ascend the career ladder, you also need to develop mental strength, resilience, interpersonal communication and leadership attributes,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
The Junior Cricket Clinic in Dubbo is at Victoria Park from 3.30pm, and the Parents, Players and Clubs Evening Forum that evening at Dubbo RSL, followed by the Emerging Leaders\u2019 Summit at the same venue the next day.<\/p>\n
To register for the Cricket Clinic, go to the Cricket NSW link at Register|PlayHQ. Tickets for the Clubs event and the Emerging Leaders\u2019 Summit are available from Humanitix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A true champion of Australian cricket, Nathan Lyon, is proof that determination, skill, and application, are the true…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-703917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}