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Nathan Lyon

Nathan Lyon appears in 9 matches with a full FairPlay scorecard (15 Oct 2025 to 27 Oct 2026). 128 runs in 13 innings. 25 wickets from 329.4 overs. 129 matches in FairPlay's recorded career data.

Player profile

Country: Australia
Role: Bowler
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Right-arm off-break
Born: 20 Nov 1987 Age 38
Recorded matches: 12979 internationals

Nathan Lyon is a bowler from Australia with 129 matches in FairPlay's recorded data, including 79 internationals (61 Tests, 18 ODIs).

Batting: 1,145 runs across all recorded formats, with 0 hundreds and 0 fifties; the most runs came in Test cricket (840) and the highest recorded score is 41.

Bowling: 348 wickets in recorded matches, 213 of them in Test cricket, with 13 five-wicket hauls.

Career figures by format

Summed over the seasons in FairPlay's data provider's records, mostly recent ones. Older seasons can be missing, so these totals may be lower than the official career record.

Nathan Lyon: batting and bowling figures by format in FairPlay's recorded data
Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	5w
Test	61	75	840	41	14.24	53.3	0/0	213	28.13	2.81	8
ODI	18	6	15	6	7.50	75.0	0/0	16	51.88	4.94	0
T20 (league and domestic)	12	4	9	4	3.00	75.0	0/0	8	40.13	8.03	0
First-class	30	44	268	40	8.12	35.8	0/0	105	30.18	2.59	5
List A	8	4	13	11	4.33	68.4	0/0	6	61.33	5.26	0

Avg is runs per dismissal; SR is runs per 100 balls; Bowl avg is runs per wicket; Econ is runs per over; 5w is five or more wickets in an innings.

Nathan Lyon at a glance

FairPlay holds 9 complete scorecards featuring Nathan Lyon, most recently for Australia (first-class).

In those matches Nathan Lyon batted 13 times for 128 runs at a strike rate of 36.57. The highest score was 33 not out off 57 balls against South Africa.

With the ball: 25 wickets from 329.4 overs, an economy rate of 2.66. Best figures: 4 for 82 against Victoria.

How the 10 dismissals happened: LBW 6, caught 3, bowled 1.

These matches were played at 9 different grounds.

Figures in FairPlay's scorecards

Batting
13	3	128	33*	12.80	36.57	0/0

Bowling
15	329.4	57	878	25	4/82	2.66

Match by match

Newest first. Dates in India Standard Time. * means not out.

Date	Match	Batting	Bowling
27 Oct 2026	South Africa v AustraliaBat 1 (25) & 33* (57) · Bowl 2/71 (23) & 2/101 (44)	1 (25) & 33* (57)	2/71 (23) & 2/101 (44)
9 Oct 2026	South Africa v AustraliaBat 27 (92) · Bowl 2/58 (22) & 0/32 (20)	27 (92)	2/58 (22) & 0/32 (20)
22 Aug 2026	Australia v BangladeshBat 32* (62) · Bowl 3/25 (11.3)	32* (62)	3/25 (11.3)
13 Aug 2026	Australia v BangladeshBat 7 (13) & 15 (27) · Bowl 1/102 (31) & 0/23 (5)	7 (13) & 15 (27)	1/102 (31) & 0/23 (5)
17 Dec 2025	Australia v EnglandBat 9 (35) & 0 (1) · Bowl 2/70 (28) & 3/77 (25)	9 (35) & 0 (1)	2/70 (28) & 3/77 (25)
21 Nov 2025	Australia v EnglandBat 4 (21) · Bowl 0/10 (2)	4 (21)	0/10 (2)
10 Nov 2025	New South Wales v VictoriaBat 0* (6) & 0 (2) · Bowl 4/82 (29.1) & 2/52 (22)	0* (6) & 0 (2)	4/82 (29.1) & 2/52 (22)
28 Oct 2025	Queensland v New South WalesBat – · Bowl 2/120 (36)	–	2/120 (36)
15 Oct 2025	Victoria v New South WalesBat 0 (6) & 0 (3) · Bowl 0/24 (13) & 2/31 (18)	0 (6) & 0 (3)	0/24 (13) & 2/31 (18)

Australia's next match

Australia v England, One Day International, 12 Nov 2026 at Perth Stadium.

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