Nathan Lyon became the second bowler to take the most wickets for Australia, breaking Glenn McGrath’s record.
Adelaide. As soon as Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon took the second wicket in the Adelaide Test match, he broke the record of great bowler Glenn McGrath. Nathan Lyon has now become the second highest wicket taker for Australia in Test cricket. Ahead of him is only Shane Warne, who took 708 wickets for Australia in Test cricket. The special thing was that during this time Glenn McGrath was also present in the stadium, who was doing commentary. The reaction of former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath was worth watching.
As soon as Nathan Lyon clean bowled Ben Duckett, his number of wickets in Test cricket increased to 564 and he became the second highest Test wicket taker for Australia. Before this match, this record was held by Glenn McGrath, who had taken 563 wickets for Australia in Test cricket. In the third match of the ongoing five-match Test series against England, Nathan Lyon first made Ollie Pope walk and then created history by destroying the stumps of the wicket. During this, Glenn McGrath picked up a chair and tried to hit it in the commentary box nearby. However, he did all this in a joking manner for one of his fellow commentators. The video is now viral on social media.
Legendary spinner Nathan Lyon has now become the sixth highest wicket taker in the history of Test cricket. Ahead of them, the list includes Sri Lanka’s great spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, Australia’s Shane Warne, England’s James Anderson, India’s Anil Kumble and England’s Stuart Broad. Muralitharan has taken 800 wickets, Warne 708, Anderson 704, Kumble 619 and Broad 604 wickets in Test cricket. Nathan Lyon is still 40 wickets away from joining the top 5. This is not going to happen as of now, but if they play a few more series then they can definitely reach that achievement. If nothing else, they can definitely break the records of Stuart Broad and Anil Kumble.
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