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Nathan Lyon keen to address 'unfinished business' when India tour Australia later in 2024

Five-Test Border-Gavaskar series between the two cricketing superpowers will start on November 22

PTI Sydney Published 19.08.24, 09:59 AM
In this picture from December 28, 2014, Nathan Lyon (left) celebrates a dismissal during the third Test of the series between Australia and India in Melbourne. Australia won that series 2-0, the last time they took the Border-Gavaskar Trophy

In this picture from December 28, 2014, Nathan Lyon (left) celebrates a dismissal during the third Test of the series between Australia and India in Melbourne. Australia won that series 2-0, the last time they took the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Picture: Getty Images

There's an "unfinished business" that Nathan Lyon is keen to address when India tour Australia later this year.

The five-Test Border-Gavaskar series between the two cricketing superpowers will start on November 22.

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Since winning the 2014-15 Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a 2-0 result, Australia have lost the next four series against India — two to Virat Kohli's side (2016-17, 2018-19) and one each to teams led by Ajinkya Rahane (2021) and Rohit Sharma (2023).

The 36-year-old Lyon, who has 530 wickets from 129 Tests, said that the Aussies have the best chance to tame India this time.

“If the plans we've spoken about come true, then I think it (the series) will be (ours),” Lyon was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.

“I love talking about cricket, so if I can talk to someone who has played Test cricket, I might be able to pick up something I'm not aware of. There's so much knowledge floating around this game that we can always tap into."

Lyon conceded Australia's recent results against India present a significant hole in their record.

“It's been ten years of unfinished business, it's been a long time, and I know we're extremely hungry to turn things around, especially here at home,” Lyon said.

“Don't get me wrong, India is an absolute superstar side and extremely challenging, but I'm extremely hungry to turn things around and make sure we get that trophy back,” he said.

Lyon thinks that this Australian team under Pat Cummins is slightly different compared to Tim Paine's team that lost back-to-back series against India at home.

“Feel like we are a different team to a couple of years ago. We are on a journey of becoming a great Australian cricket team. We're definitely not there but we are along that journey and have been playing some decent cricket.”

Plans for Jaiswal Lyon has already started his homework on Yashasvi Jaiswal with England spinner Tom Hartley's inputs on the southpaw safely stored in his memory bank.

Jaiswal, who scored a century on Test debut in the West Indies last year, scored an astounding 712 runs in the five-Test series against England at home earlier this year.

“I haven't come across him (Jaiswal) yet, but that will be a massive challenge for all us bowlers,” Lyon said. “The way he (Jaiswal) played against England, I watched that and thought that was quite amazing. I had some really good chats with Tom Hartley about different ways he went about it to different guys, which I found quite interesting.”

Lyon had a stint with English county Lancashire and shared notes with Hartley, who had 20 wickets in four Tests against India.


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