Iconic Australian spinner Nathan Lyon achieved the numerous milestone of 500 wickets in Check cricket in the course of the first Check between Australia and Pakistan in Perth on Sunday. Lyon turned the eighth bowler to succeed in this elite feat, becoming a member of the distinguished firm of legendary gamers within the long-format cricket. In the course of the match, Lyon claimed his five hundredth wicket by dismissing Faheem Ashraf leg-before-wicket for a mere 5 runs whereas Australia defended a goal of 450. This accomplishment locations Lyon alongside his compatriots, the late spin maestro Shane Warne and tempo legend Glenn McGrath, who’ve additionally achieved the milestone of 500 Check wickets. Australia emerged victorious within the match by 360 runs, and Lyon concluded with mixed bowling figures of 5/80 throughout each innings.
Now, in 123 Assessments, Lyon has taken 501 wickets at a mean of 30.85 and a strike price of 63.10. His finest bowling figures are 8/50. He has 23 five-wicket hauls and 4 ten-wicket hauls within the longer format. He’s the eighth-highest wicket-taker within the sport.
Lyon is a fourth-most profitable spinner of all time in Assessments and the third-most profitable Aussie bowler in whites.
As cricket celebrates Lyon’s stunning journey from a pitch curator to the eighth entrant to the ‘500 Membership’ inside a span of 12 years, allow us to take a look at different members of this membership:
Muttiah Muralitharan
In 133 Assessments, Muralitharan has taken 800 wickets at a mean of twenty-two.72 and a strike price of 55.04. His finest bowling figures are 9/51 in white clothes. With 67 fifers and 22 ten-wicket hauls, Murali is essentially the most profitable Check bowler ever.
Shane Warne
In second place in Aussie spin wizard Shane Warne, who performed 145 Assessments for the Aussies. In these matches, he took 708 wickets at a mean of 25.41 and a strike price of 57.49. His finest bowling figures are 8/71. He has 37 five-wicket hauls and 10 ten-wicket hauls. Warne is essentially the most profitable Australian bowler ever.
James Anderson
England’s ageless surprise is in third place, with 690 wickets throughout 183 Assessments at a mean of 26.42 and a strike price of 56.83. His finest bowling figures are 7/42. He has taken 32 five-wicket hauls and three ten-wicket hauls in Assessments. Anderson will not be solely England’s most profitable bowler, but additionally essentially the most profitable pacer within the historical past of the sport, nonetheless going sturdy at 41 years of age.
Anil Kumble
Nicknamed as ‘Jumbo’, Kumble lives upto this identify with some actually gigantic figures and data in Check and worldwide cricket. With 619 wickets in 132 matches at a mean of 29.65, he’s India’s finest bowler ever statistically. His finest figures are 10/74 and is the first-ever Indian to get a ten-wicket haul in a single Check inning. Hooked up to Kumble’s identify are 35 five-wicket hauls and eight ten-wicket hauls.
Stuart Broad
Stuart Broad is the second-most profitable pacer in sport’s historical past, with the primary being his partner-in-pace, James Anderson. In 167 Assessments, Broad has taken 604 wickets at a mean of 27.68. His finest bowling figures are 8/15. He has 20 five-wicket hauls and three ten-wicket hauls in Assessments.
Glenn McGrath
The ‘Pidgeon’ as he’s identified to the followers, McGrath is essentially the most profitable Australian pacer ever and the equal of Shane Warne in quick bowling. In 124 matches, he took 563 wickets at a mean of 21.64 and a strike price of 51.95. His finest bowling figures are 8/24. With 29 five-wicket hauls and three ten-wicket hauls, McGrath terrified batters worldwide for years.
Courtney Walsh
The West Indies pacer was the first-ever bowler to take 500 Check wickets. In 132 Assessments, he took 519 wickets at a mean of 24.44 and a strike price of 57.84. His finest bowling figures are 7/37. He took 22 five-wicket hauls and three ten-wicket hauls in Assessments.
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