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Nathan Lyon is simply the sixth bowler to dismiss a batter twice in the identical session.© AFP
Australia spinner Nathan Lyon on Saturday achieved a uncommon Check cricket feat. Within the 1st Check towards Sri Lanka in Galle, Lyon dismissed Dinesh Chandimal twice in the identical session on Day 4. At 10:13 AM native time, Lyon trapped Chandimal LBW, and after Australia enforced the follow-on, he obtained the higher of him once more at 12:03 PM. Responding to Australia’s 654/6 declared, Sri Lanka have been bowled out for 165 with Chandimal (72) top-scoring for the hosts. Australia ultimately received the sport by an innings and 242 runs.
Lyon is simply the sixth bowler to dismiss a batter twice in the identical session. Earlier than him, Alec Bedser (Wazir Mohammad, 1954), Keith Boyce (Alan Knott, 1973), Irfan Pathan (Mohammad Rafique, 2006), Graeme Swann (Salman Butt, 2010) and Prabath Jayasuriya (Lorcan Tucker, 2023) had achieved the feat as properly.
Lyon additionally turned the best abroad wicket-taker on Sri Lankan soil, surpassing India’s Ravichandran Ashwin, who took 38 wickets within the Island nation.
Prime 5 highest wicket-takers in Sri Lanka (abroad)
Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 42*
Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 38
Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan) – 38
Shane Warne (Australia) – 37
Yasir Shah (Pakistan) – 33
Sri Lanka’s heaviest defeat previous to this loss got here in Nagpur in 2017, once they have been hammered by an innings and 239 runs by India. Australia declared on 654-6 late on the second day after opener Usman Khawaja’s career-best 232.
Australia now lead 1-0 within the two-match collection. Galle may even host the second and remaining match of the collection subsequent week earlier than a two-match ODI collection in Colombo.
(With AFP Inputs)
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