Injured Lyon comes out of battle, gets standing ovation from Lord’s Crowd

But after Josh Hazlewood fell, broadcast footage showed Lyon struggling to make it down the pavilion steps before limping out to punch. Lyon’s dedication to his team received a standing ovation from fans from both England and Australia who sat at Lord’s.

London, July 1: Australia’s top off-spinner Nathan Lyon received a standing ovation from the Lord’s crowd when he came to bat with a badly injured calf in his team’s second innings in the ongoing second Ashes Test on Saturday.

In their second innings, Australia were well-placed at 187/2, before falling prey to England’s short-ball trick, falling to 264/9 in the final session of day four’s play.

Very few people expected Lyon to leave to bat after leaving the pitch on Thursday, with Cricket Australia confirming the first off spinner has suffered a significant right calf strain that could rule him out for the rest of the Ashes, and he arrived at the ground with crutches.

But after Josh Hazlewood fell, broadcast footage showed Lyon struggling to make it down the pavilion steps before limping out to punch. Lyon’s dedication to his team received a standing ovation from fans from both England and Australia who sat at Lord’s.

“Everyone is applauding the courage, effort and dedication to the cause of his team,” said Eoin Morgan on the broadcast.

Although Lyon made a nice draw shot, he was completely unable to run due to his calf injury. But moments later Lyon hobbled their way through to complete a run.

“Well done this from Lyon. He will look up and see his captain cheering him on. Lyon can’t move! said former England captain Michael Atherton on the air.

After taking a boundary via a pull, Lyon’s risky but plucky cameo came to an end by pushing a Stuart Broad bouncer high into the air at captain Ben Stokes. Crucially for Australia, Lyon and Mitchell Starc added an extra 15 runs in the last wicket stand to give England an unlikely target of 371 to win.

Lyon then received another standing ovation from everyone in the stands, on the pitch and in the pavilion as he left the field after seeing 13 balls.

During the ongoing Lord’s Test, Lyon became the first specialist bowler to stage a century of consecutive appearances in the game’s longest form. Lyon, who made his Test debut in July 2011, has also become only the sixth player in cricket history to appear in 100 consecutive Tests.

For England, Ben Duckett (50 not out) and captain Ben Stokes (29 not out) shared an unbroken 69 runs for the fifth wicket after being reduced to 45/4 as the hosts now need 257 runs for an improbable victory. on a thrilling day five to tie the five-game series.