Ashes 2021 LIVE: Nathan Lyon 400 wickets: Australia spinner Nathan Lyon on Saturday became only the third cricketer from Australia to complete 400 wickets. He has now joined Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) and Shane Warne (708) on the elite list. Overall, he has become the 17th cricketer to reach the feat of 400 Test wickets. He achieved the feat while playing against England in the opening Test at Gabba, Brisbane. Follow Ashes 2021 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Ashes 2021 LIVE: Nathan Lyon picks 400th Test wicket, only third Australian to reach the landmark
- Muttiah Muralitharan- 800
- Shane Warne- 708
- James Anderson- 632
- Anil Kumble- 619
- Glenn McGrath- 563
- Stuart Broad- 524
- Courtney Walsh- 519
- Dale Steyn- 439
- Kapil Dev- 434
- Rangana Herath- 433
- Richard Hadlee- 431
- R Ashwin- 427
- Shaun Pollock- 421
- Harbhajan Singh- 417
- Wasim Akram- 414
- Courtley Ambrose- 405
- NATHAN LYON- 400*
400 of the very best from Nathan Lyon! 🐐
He becomes the 17th player to achieve the milestone in men’s Test cricket, joining Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath as the only other Australian players #Ashes pic.twitter.com/hbdIjXVr6F
— Cricket Australia (@CricketAus) December 10, 2021
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- Nathan Lyon is among the few spinners to take 400 wickets. Others on the list are- Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warner, Anil Kumble, Rangana Herath, R Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh.
- He achieved the landmark in 101st Test. The 34-year-old will look to add at least 100 more wickets to his tally with a few years of cricket still left in him.
- Muttiah Muralitharan was the fastest to reach 400 Test wickets. He had achieved the landmark in just 72 matches.
Nathan Lyon achieved the milestone after getting the big wicket of Dawid Malan (82) in his second over of the Day 4. With the wicket, he also broke the 162-run third wicket partnership between him and Joe Root.
Nathan Lyon becomes the third Australian player to pick 400 wickets in Tests after Shane Warne (708) and Glenn McGrath (563).
He is the 17th bowler to pick 400 wickets in Tests #Ashespic.twitter.com/HR9F2MNkjV— K I R A N 🇮🇳 (@Kiran_reddy_k) December 10, 2021
After getting bundled out for 147 in the first innings, England have lost three wickets in the second and are still trailing by 54 runs when the story was published.
Ashes 2021 LIVE: Nathan Lyon picks 400th Test wicket, only third Australian to reach the landmark
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