I mean I’ve seen you bash Lyon before but seriously at least do some research before you make some outlandish, downright false claims.
Australian wickets have always been much more suited to pace bowling, so obviously in Australia he’s not going to look very good like he’s done for a majority of the last few summers, but then what spin bowler has looked good in Australia recently when Lyon didn’t?
If we look at the stats Nathan Lyon currently has the best strike rate for a calendar year he has ever had in his career at 43, and his average is the 3rd* (lowest in 2020 but not counting due to lack of sample size) best it’s ever been at 24.45. Keep in mind his career strike rate is 61.4 and Average is 30.16.
Against Sri Lanka he was Australia’s 2nd Highest wicket-taker taking 2 less than Matt Kuhnemann except he generally took much more top order wickets. (10/14 of his wickets were batting in the Top 5, 5/16 of Kuhnemann’s were Top 5). Against West Indies he played 2 tests out of 3 (3rd test more conducive to pace bowling as evidenced by Starc’s 15 ball 5fa and Bolands Hat-trick).
Against West Indies he took 3 wickets in 8 overs in the First Test. Then 6 wickets (24.3overs) in the 2nd which was the most by an Australian that Test. However, most of those came to tail-Enders which according to you he can’t take wickets against anymore 🤷♂️.
The only reason Lyon should be dropped is if the pitch is extremely unfriendly to spin such was the case of Test 3 in the Windies, but otherwise he is by far the best spinner within Australia and the statistics will back that up.
