Lyon open to playing attacking role

Offspinner Nathan Lyon has been preparing himself for a more attacking role with the Australian side. Though all of his three wickets to dismantle West Indies for 116 came during the middle overs, Lyon’s captain Steven Smith has been eying a greater role for him during the Powerplay and the slog overs.

“Smithy and I spoke a couple of times at a few different net sessions about playing a different role potentially with the new ball, potentially at the death,” Lyon said at the post-match press conference. “So I’ve just got to be able to work with what Smithy wants.”

With a robust assembly line of fast bowlers, and seam-bowling allrounders, coming through the role of a spinner in an Australian one-day outfit has often been limited. Lyon, himself, hinted that his primary objective had often been about keeping the runs down and if as a byproduct he ended up with a rich haul, all the better.

The 28-year old came on as first-change in the …

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