With none of England's batsmen taking the attack to the offspinner at the Gabba, Lyon invited them to go on the offensive at Adelaide Oval, where he helped bowl Australia to victory against South Africa a year ago. "I think if they did do that, it does definitely play into my hands," Lyon told reporters at the stadium. "I like it when opposition guys try to attack me and try to whack me out of the attack. Born in rural New South Wales, Lyon was famously a groundsman at Adelaide Oval before being fast-tracked into the Test team, so he knows the venue well. Lyon, however, was relishing the prospect of more turn and bounce in Adelaide after extracting plenty from the surprisingly slow and spongy Gabba pitch.

Source: India Today November 29, 2017 08:26 UTC