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Frugal Lyon delivers Matador Cup title to NSW
- Updated: October 23, 2016
New South Wales 4 for 188 (Henriques 85, Patterson 77*) beat Queensland 187 (Khawaja 35, Lyon 4-10) by six wicketsScorecard and ball-by-ball details
On Friday, Nathan Lyon was dropped by New South Wales for the elimination final against Victoria. On Sunday, he responded by dismantling Queensland to deliver the Matador Cup title to the Blues at North Sydney Oval and reassert his place as Australia’s most accomplished spin bowler currently.
With players like Mitchell Starc, Steven Smith and David Warner looking on, Lyon’s display was a welcome sight for members of the national team at the start of the week in which the Test squad to face South Africa in Perth will be announced.
It also helped complete back-to-back domestic limited-overs titles for New South Wales, a possibility that had seemed remote earlier in the competition when the Blues had struggled in their win against the Cricket Australia XI and also dropped matches against Tasmania and South …
