{"id":35327,"date":"2025-07-31T08:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/35327\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:04:09","slug":"lyon-puts-pressure-on-england-spinners-ahead-of-ashes-series-icc-world-test-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/35327\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyon puts pressure on England spinners ahead of Ashes series | ICC World Test Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the second time recently that Lyon has delved into England&#8217;s state of affairs, after the veteran chimed in earlier this week to provide some thoughts on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/news\/lyon-weighs-in-on-the-final-hour-drama-in-manchester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">frustrating end to the fourth Test with India in Manchester that ended in a draw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While Lyon has had plenty to say about England of late, the veteran right-armer also has his own concerns to consider after he was left out of Australia&#8217;s side for their most recent Test match against the West Indies in Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>The reigning World Test Championship runners up opted for an all-out pace attack for the day-night contest and were rewarded for their bold ploy by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icc-cricket.com\/news\/cummins-hails-pace-duo-after-big-win-over-west-indies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recording an emphatic 176-run victory at Sabina Park<\/a>, but Lyon expects conditions to be vastly different on home soil during the Ashes and is keen to see how England&#8217;s spin attack perform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a massive role, and it can be a massive challenge for people who haven&#8217;t done it in the past in these conditions,&#8221; Lyon said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I&#8217;m not going to let my secrets out so they come out and perform well out here. Our guys know how to play spin really well in this country. That&#8217;s probably what helped me produce my skill to where it is at the moment. I know I&#8217;ll keep trying getting better, and we&#8217;ll see how their spinners go.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the second time recently that Lyon has delved into England&#8217;s state of affairs, after the veteran chimed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[7529,1721,7530,9829,21003,50,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-35327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-app-stream","tag-cricket","tag-highlighted-news","tag-icc-world-test-championship","tag-nathan-lyon-11-20-1987","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}