Over the years, Australia continued to assert their domination in test cricket. The team has managed to perform remarkable performance in a coherent way, presenting their unrivaled prowess in the longest format of the game. However, the team’s desire and hunger are probably still with the milers she has affected. This is obvious through a recent declaration by Australia Ace Spinner Nathan Lyon This clearly brought the winning ambition of the team to the surface.
Nathan Lyon confident of a 2-0 victory in Sri Lanka
After the historic victory at International Galle Stadium against Sri Lanka In the opening match of the series, Lyon spoke about the team’s future ambitions on the official Cricket Australia channel and highlighted the team’s ability to dominate the longest format of the game.
“I have the impression that this is a lot of motivation within this team. This is us on our trip to become a large team, to make sure that we are going 2-0. We are in this trip, we are not there yet but that is our final goal. We want to be known as a large team, and part of this trip is when we close a window, assuring ourselves to nail it, and we do not let anyone come in. It’s only me and my thoughts, but we have I have great players in this changer, “ Said Lyon.
The Australians visited Sri Lanka for the last time in 2022 and were in a similar position before the local team made an astonishing return to win the 2nd match of the series by a round and 39 points and won the 2 series -Matchs 1-1. Lyon wants to avoid the errors of their previous visit to the island nation. The Australian team has not been able to white Asian Asian on their home soil over the past 20 years.
In addition, he talked about the quality of the players on the Australian side and also underlined the team’s ability to completely surpass the opposition teams in the test cricket. The Australian team had beaten earlier India 1-3 to win the Border-Gavaskar trophy After a decade and won the Ashes Twice in the current WTC cycle.
“You watch Smithy (Steve Smith) raising 10,000 points, you have Starcy who is at the corner of 100 test games and it is not only the guys here, we have incredible players at home also injured or on paternity leave. It’s a squad mentality and that’s how it should be, “ Lyon concluded.
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A mastery in spin in the first test
Lyon experienced a stellar performance during the 1st test against Sri Lanka in which he with him with him Mathhew Kuhnemann And Todd Murphy said control over the course and completely dominated the local team with their turn on the rotating track. The seasoned Australian Spinner took 7 windows in the test match and had a huge contribution to ensure a victory for the Australian team by a round and 242 points.
The 37 -year -old got rid of the dangerous Dinesh Chandimal In the two rounds that played a heroic blow in the 1st round and tried his way in the 2nd Sri Lankan heats to save the test match for the local team. However, it was Kuhnemann who was the star of visitors with the ball while taking a total of 9 counters and affirmed a total control on the Sri Lankan side.
