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Aswin vs Lyon

Who is better test bowler?

  • Nathon Lyon

    Votes: 5 29.4%
  • Ravi Aswin

    Votes: 12 70.6%

  • Total voters
    17

Narayana

U19 Debutant
Both are Among the greatest spinners.
Ashwin has better stats in Asia, Lyon has better stats in sena.
Who is better test bowler?
 

Randomfan

U19 12th Man
Aswin played very less matches in unfavorable conditions, Lyon played majority in unfavorable conditions, so can't judge them just on the basis of raw stats.
Lyon in Asia is not really hitting it out of the park,

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While Ahswin in Asia:

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Two different class of bowlers. Favourable or unfavourable has very little to do with it.
 

Randomfan

U19 12th Man
It has some flaws, but another data point,

Ashwin spent majority of career above 800 rating points. Lyon did not spend any time above 800 rating points. That's jsut massive difference.


Rating trend of Ashwin and Lyon

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Ranking trend of Ashwin and Lyon:

Ashwin spent lots of time as rank 1. Lyon's highest rank was 5.

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Two different class of bowlers.
 

Narayana

U19 Debutant
It has some flaws, but another data point,

Ashwin spent majority of career above 800 rating points. Lyon did not spend any time above 800 rating points. That's jsut massive difference.


Rating trend of Ashwin and Lyon

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Ranking trend of Ashwin and Lyon:

Ashwin spent lots of time as rank 1. Lyon's highest rank was 5.

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Two different class of bowlers.
Lyon is playing in pace friendly pitches, so how can he gets more wickets? When pat, haze, starc takes majority of their wickets.

Shane Warne also had bad record in indian pitches, Similarly Lyon has bad record in sl.

Aswin and Lyon comparison is similar to warne and muralidharan comparison.
 
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Randomfan

U19 12th Man
Lyon is playing in pace friendly pitches, so how can he gets more wickets? When pat, haze, starc takes majority of their wickets.

Shane Warne also had bad record in indian pitches, Similarly Lyon has bad record in sl.

Aswin and Lyon comparison is similar to lyon and muralidharan comparison.
Lyon and Murali played in different era. Ashwin and Lyon have played against the same set of players. Lyon is expected to carry his team in Asia but that did not happen despite him having pretty much a guaranteed spot in XI no matter where game was played. Ashwin never had a guaranteed spot away when playing for Ind. He was in and out most of the times when playing away.

Yet his record is a good one. To put it in context,

All Asian bowlers with 125+ away wickets in Ind/Pak/SL/Aus/NZ/WI/Eng/SA

Only 6 bowlers have better avg than Ashwin.

Only 1 spinner, Murali is averaging lower and that too only by 1-1.5 runs.

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Narayana

U19 Debutant
Lyon and Murali played in different era. Ashwin and Lyon have played against the same set of players. Lyon is expected to carry his team in Asia but that did not happen despite him having pretty much a guaranteed spot in XI no matter where game was played. Ashwin never had a guaranteed spot away when playing for Ind. He was in and out most of the times when playing away.

Yet his record is a good one. To put it in context,

All Asian bowlers with 125+ away wickets in Ind/Pak/SL/Aus/NZ/WI/Eng/SA

Only 6 bowlers have better avg than Ashwin.

Only 1 spinner, Murali is averaging lower and that too only by 1-1.5 runs.

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Okay compare sena stats as well,
 

Johan

International Captain
Lyon is playing in pace friendly pitches, so how can he gets more wickets? When pat, haze, starc takes majority of their wickets.

Shane Warne also had bad record in indian pitches, Similarly Lyon has bad record in sl.

Aswin and Lyon comparison is similar to warne and muralidharan comparison.
what does that have to do with anything
 

subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
Warne was in a different class than Ashwin
Ashwin was in a different class than Lyon

Why are you looking at Warne's record in India when era was different. Ashwin and Lyon have played in the same era. You can compare directly.
What makes Ashwin a different class than Lyon? Home record?
 

Coronis

International Coach
Lyon and Murali played in different era. Ashwin and Lyon have played against the same set of players. Lyon is expected to carry his team in Asia but that did not happen despite him having pretty much a guaranteed spot in XI no matter where game was played. Ashwin never had a guaranteed spot away when playing for Ind. He was in and out most of the times when playing away.

Yet his record is a good one. To put it in context,

All Asian bowlers with 125+ away wickets in Ind/Pak/SL/Aus/NZ/WI/Eng/SA

Only 6 bowlers have better avg than Ashwin.

Only 1 spinner, Murali is averaging lower and that too only by 1-1.5 runs.

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Does this not seem like an issue in itself?
 

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