Will Nathan Lyon reach 600 test wickets?

[Coronis]

Simple question really.

 

[Fanboy375]

What if he retire tomorrow

 

[Molehill]

I wanna see how @PlayerComparisons votes....

 

[Gnske]

God I hope not

 

[slowfinger]

unfortunately yes he will. but he'll always be a trundler in my eyes, he could get 1000 wickets for all i care and i wont change my opinion

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yes, very possible.

The sky is the limit

 

[sayon basak]

What if he retire tomorrow

This will not happen as I didn't start the thread.

 

[sayon basak]

God I hope not

This.

 

[Ali TT]

God, is he retiring too?

 

[Coronis]

God, is he retiring too?

He doesn’t seem to be in decline tbh.

 

[Molehill]

He basically takes wickets at 4 per Test, so that would suggest he's going to need 17 to get there. The end of next year's Ashes is 11 Tests away (possibly 12 with a WTC Final). After that Aus have virtually no Test Cricket for 10 months. Does he go to SA in Oct '26 when he's about to turn 39? I'd be surprised if he makes it to 600 before that.

Anyway, in a delicious sense of irony, I suspect England will end his career!!

 

[Coronis]

He basically takes wickets at 4 per Test, so that would suggest he's going to need 17 to get there. The end of next year's Ashes is 11 Tests away (possibly 12 with a WTC Final). After that Aus have virtually no Test Cricket for 10 months. Does he go to SA in Oct '26 when he's about to turn 39? I'd be surprised if he makes it to 600 before that.

Anyway, in a delicious sense of irony, I suspect England will end his career!!

tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if Starc and/or Hazlewood give it up around then. I could see Lyon wanting to stick around for some continuity/stability but who knows.

 

[Molehill]

tbh I wouldn’t be surprised if Starc and/or Hazlewood give it up around then. I could see Lyon wanting to stick around for some continuity/stability but who knows.

Yeah, Hazlewood's body seems to be giving up on him and he could easily be first to go. Despite being the oldest of the seamers, Starc seems pretty reliable for getting out onto the park. It's a tricky one to manage, but there doesn't appear to be any natural successor to Lyon at the mo either.

 

[social]

Yeah, Hazlewood's body seems to be giving up on him and he could easily be first to go. Despite being the oldest of the seamers, Starc seems pretty reliable for getting out onto the park. It's a tricky one to manage, but there doesn't appear to be any natural successor to Lyon at the mo either.

Hard to replace the only finger spinner in history who has been consistently successful in Australian conditions

They’ll find someone to do a job & complement him with an all rounder

Australia has been extremely fortunate to have had a 4 man attack for so long

 

[Qlder]

It's a tricky one to manage, but there doesn't appear to be any natural successor to Lyon at the mo either.

Really, I'd say Murphy and Rocchiccioli have got it covered

 

[Spark]

Really, I'd say Murphy and Rocchiccioli have got it covered

I personally think both of them have quite a way to go yet. Murphy's getting wickets but I don't like how dart-y he's become and Rocket chocolates really has only had one good season, and it isn't the current season.

 

[sayon basak]

He doesn’t seem to be in decline tbh.

He always was in the decline.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well he will play the Ashes so it depends how many more games Australia have before them as he may retire after them.

 

[Qlder]

I reckon he'll retire after the Ashes, which gives him another 9 Tests. That'll just take him past McGrath's 563

 

[TheJediBrah]

Better question: will he upgrade to a 3rd, even hotter wife