The Australian test squad for Australia's tour of Sri Lanka has been published in last week. Most of the cricket fans has been curious to know the reason for surprise selection of 23 old South Australian spinner "Nathan Lyon". He has played only 4 first class matches so far.
To get more information about this young off spinner we have contacted his coach in South Australian Redbacks, "Darren Berry".
Reporter : We have heard that you the one who spotted Lyon's intrinsic talent. So how did you pick that ?
Darren : Well, It was about a year ago. He was just joined to the Adelaid ground staff as a curator. One day I noticed some special feature from him, actually at that moment he was throwing few "dots" which are using to mark the 15 yards circle.
Reporter : Sounds interesting ! What is that specialty ?
Darren : I have noticed that he has some similarity with former great Australian ODI spinner Brad Hogg.
Reporter : That's impossible ! Hogg was a chinaman. He use his wrist to spin the ball. But Lyon is a off spinner, who uses fingers to spin the ball.
Darren : Of course. But you have missed a point. Hogg was using his "tongue" to ball.
Reporter : So Lyon also using tongue to bowl ?
Darren : Exactly ! He will be a great bowler in future.
Next we have contacted our main charactor Nathan Lyon ;
Reporter : Your coach Darren has explained us how he identified your hidden abilities. What did he said to you at you on that day ?
Lyon : It was just few days after I joined to Adelaid curating staff. One day he walked towards me and asked "Son, would you like to became a "Spinner" ? " I answered him as I was already wearing "Spinners". And I said that Warny is my favorite bowler. Actually "Spinners" are more attractive than other brands.
Lyon is recalling his past ;
After that we were able to speak to Chairman of Australian selection committee Mr. Andrew Hilditch.
Reporter : Mr. Hilditch, what do you think about your new spinning star Lyon ?
Hilditch : We have noticed some exceptional signs from him as a spinner. Actually it's a sign that we can expect, him to be in the league of Brad Hogg & Shane Warne in near future. Hogg was one of the great ODI spinners Australia had. He was bit unlucky not to pick for tests because of Warny & McGill were the 1st choice spinners for test. May be not often as Hogg but Warny also used his tongue to bowl some deliveries.
Reporter : So you are expecting from Lyon to be the next big thing ?
Hilditch : Definitely ! He has great ability to use his tongue for bowling. So far in 4 1st class matches he has bowled 173.1 overs & 167.1 out of those were bowled using tongue. That's 96.5%.
Reporter : Sir, what about other 6 overs ?
Hilditch : Oh ! One day he had some problem with his tongue in after "Tea" session.
Not only Lyon's coach & Australian selectors, cricket lovers in the whole world are expecting from Lyon to be a great bowler.
P.S. :- The quotes are all made up
