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2 Saturday, September 9, 2017 DT Week in Review Picture of the week This week When Nasir became an umpire! Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain made a comical move by exhibiting the ‘out’ signal in front of on-field umpire Nigel Llong which created quite a buzz on social media. The incident happened in the 109th over. Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz bowled to tail-ender Pat Cummins outside off and the batsman in question offered no shot. The bowler appealed but umpire gave it not out. Captain Mushfiqur Rahim reviewed the decision and eventually it got overturned. But the funny part is, when Llong was showing the overturned decision, Nasir, standing just beside the umpire, copied him and produced the out signal. The funny gesture from Nasir amused the local crowd and a few moments later, it went viral BCB The 2017 US Open Championship reaches its climax with the women’s grand finale scheduled to be held at Flushing Meadows on Saturday. In what is an all-American final, Sloane Stephens will face Madison Keys after beating Venus Williams and Coco Vandeweghe respectively in the semi-finals. In the men’s draw, the winner of the last-four tie between Argentine Juan Martin del Potro and Spaniard Rafael Nadal will lock horns with South Africa’s Kevin Anderson and Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta. As far as cricket action is concerned, England and the West Indies, currently battling it out in the third and final Test match at Lord’s, will contest the third, fourth and final day’s play on Saturday, Sunday and Monday respectively. The series is level at 1-1 with England winning the first Test at Edgbaston before the Windies won the second Test at Leeds. September 1 Mbappe joins PSG on loan from Monaco • AFP France international striker Kylian Mbappe joined Paris Saint-Germain from Monaco on a season-long loan Thursday, just hours before the transfer deadline in a deal that could make him the second most expensive footballer in history. According to media reports, the overall transfer fee could rise to 180 million euros ($215 million) including add-ons, which would make Mbappe, 18, the second most expensive player ever behind his new team-mate Neymar. Mbappe burst onto the scene in the second half of last season and scored 15 goals in 29 appearances in Monaco’s run to the French title. He netted 26 times in 44 matches in all competitions. Brought up in the northern suburbs of Paris, Mbappe was compared to a young Thierry Henry. September 7 Federer’s US Open quest ended by big-hearted Del Potro • Reuters Roger Federer’s hopes of claiming a record-extending 20th grand slam title ended on Wednesday when he was beaten 7-5 3-6 7-6(8) 6-4 by Juan Martin del Potro in a thrilling U.S. Open quarter-final. Del Potro, who swept aside Federer in the 2009 final at Flushing Meadows, now faces world number one Rafa Nadal, denying fans a potential first encounter between the Swiss maestro and Spaniard in New York. Federer had predicted that he would need to overcome Del Potro’s September 6 India completes tour whitewash in Sri Lanka • Reuters A merciless India subjected Sri Lanka to a tour whitewash after fifties from skipper Virat Kohli and Manish Pandey secured their seven-wicket victory in the one-off Twenty20 International on Wednesday. Whitewashed in the three-Test series and blanked 5-0 in the preceding one-dayers, Sri Lanka posted 170-7, a total they hoped would be enough to end the string of losses. serve, forehand and fighting spirit to advance to the semi-finals. Del Potro hit huge forehands, big serves and stayed focused when Federer seemed to be back in control in a one-sided second set. Federer had tried to stay away from Del Potro’s lethal forehand throughout the match, but with the Argentine’s first-serve percentage at 79 in the first set, he had no chance to break. Federer was on the brink of defeat when he trailed 0-30 on his serve at 5-3 and Del Potro clinched the match with yet another forehand winner in the next game. There was no respite for them, however, as Kohli blasted 82 and Manish Pandey smashed 51 not out to help India romp home with four balls to spare. September 5 Argentina held off by Venezuela • Reuters Argentina came from behind to draw 1-1 with Venezuela on Tuesday but their inability to take what should have been an easy three points means the 2014 losing finalists are still a long way from guaranteeing their place in Russia next year. Brazil top the 10-team group and are the only South America side to have so far qualified for Russia 2018. Uruguay, who won 2-1 away at Paraguay, are in second-place with 27 points, followed by Colombia on 26. Peru, who have not played in the World Cup Finals since 1982, beat Ecuador 2-1 earlier in the evening to move into fourth place with 24 points, ahead of Argentina on goal difference. The fifth-placed side go into an intercontinental playoff against New Zealand.
Nathan Lyon 3 Saturday, September 9, 2017 DT Lyon, from groundsman to the GOAT • Ali Shahriyar Bappa from Chittagong The matured and classy off-spinner Nathan Lyon has showed his class in the tour of Bangladesh, taking a whopping 22 wickets in the twomatch Test series, in just four innings. That’s an incredible feat for a bowler from Australia who often remains under the shadow of the formidable Aussie pace bowling attack. Before the series, there was a hype that the series will be decided by the spinners. And as expected, spin played an all-important part in both the games. Many spinners were in the running but Bangladesh were expectedly more dangerous with the likes of all-rounder Shakib al Hasan, youngster Mehedi Hasan Miraz and left-arm spinner Taijul Islam in their rank. Lyon, in contrast, was the trumpcard for the Aussies as he was the leader of the spin attack with both left-arm spinner Ashton Agar and rookie Mitchell Swepson boasting not that much experience between themselves. And after the series, when one looks at the stats, one will find out that Lyon duly proved his worth and led the bowling attack with a flurry of wickets under his belt. He broke a 130-year old record for Australia when he went past JJ Ferris’ mark from the two-Test 1887 Ashes series, where the latter snared 18 scalps in his first two matches of his international career. The way Lyon bowled on the first day of the Chittagong Test was absolutely brilliant to watch. It was a relatively flat track at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. There was nothing much for the bowlers at that time as it was only the first day of the Test. But Lyon used all his experience and his trickery to trap four Tigers top-order batsmen (Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes and Mominul Haque) within a short period of time. Surprisingly, all of them were left-handers. It is not so much the venoumous turns or uneven bounce which make him successful, rather, it is his intelligence and ability to use the condition and pitch that made him so successful in the Bangladesh series. The “Lyon impact” caused Bangladesh so much concern that Bowling Career Summary they reshuffled their batting order in the second innings of the Chittagong Test, sending their regular top-order batsman Mominul Haque down to No 8. The offie took his time to make his name in the international arena after the post-Shane Warne and Stuart MacGill era. His biography in Cricket Asutralia’s official website (cricket. com.au) says, “After a long search for a regular No 1 spinner in the post-Shane Warne era, Australia finally found what they were looking for in 2011 when they opted for a groundsman-cum-off-spinner from country New South Wales, via Canberra and Adelaide. “Having shown his ability as a net bowler while working as a curator’s assistant at the Adelaide Oval, Lyon made an immediate impact in T20 cricket for South Australia. “Then, with just a handful of first-class matches to his name, Lyon was rushed into Australia’s Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka. “The wiry tweaker showed no signs of nerves on Test debut, dismissing Kumar Sangakkara with his very first ball and finishing with 5-34 to cap a dream start to his international career.” In a team like Australia where pace bowlers are always given prominence, Lyon was considered as fourth bowler in the first few years. But now, he shows his worth to Australia on a regular basis using all his experience and spin talent, in the process becoming the No 1 weapon for his country, particularly in Asia. His stats in Asia will certainly prove such claims. No visiting bowler has a seven+wicket haul than Lyon’s three. He became only the third off-spinner from Australia and the first in over 110 years to take two 10-wicket hauls. The 22 wickets he has taken in this series against Bangladesh is the joint second-highest in any two-match series, next only to Rangana Herath’s 23-wicket haul against Pakistan in 2014. Lyon’s first three Asian tours - to Sri Lanka, India and UAE between 2011 and 2014 - were poor. He averaged 49.11, and took a M Inn Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W Test 69 132 8564 269 50/8 154/13 3.14 31.84 60.84 12 2 ODI 13 13 592 17 44/4 44/4 4.93 34.82 42.35 0 0 T20I 1 1 15 0 15/0 15/0 15.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 Lyon in Asia between 2011-14 and 2015-17 Period Tests Wkts Ave SR 5W 2011-14 8 26 49.11 76.6 2 2015-17 9 57 22.91 47.8 5 t Lyon broke a 130-year old record for Australia when he went past JJ Ferris’ mark from the two-Test 1887 Ashes series, where the latter snared 18 scalps in his first two matches of his international career. Lyon bagged 22 in the same number of matches, the highest among Australia bowlers in a two-Test series. t Lyon became only the third off-spinner from Australia and the first in over 110 years to take two 10-wicket hauls. t The 22 wickets Lyon has taken in this series against Bangladesh is the joint secondhighest in any two-match series, next only to Rangana Herath’s 23-wicket haul against Pakistan in 2014. t In nine Tests in Asia since 2015, Lyon has picked up 57 wickets. Among all the bowlers who have bowled in Asia in this period, Lyon has the secondbest strike-rate, ahead of subcontinent-specialists Yasir Shah, Ravindra Jadeja and Shakib. t He has also taken five fivewicket hauls and now has the second most five-fors for Australia in Asia, behind Shane Warne. Full name: Nathan Michael Lyon Born: November 20, 1987, Young, New South Wales Current age: 29 years Major teams: Australia, Adelaide Strikers, Australia A Playing role: Bowler Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak wicket once every 14 overs. However, he came back strong on his next three tours. In nine Tests in Asia since 2015, Lyon has picked up 57 wickets. Among all the bowlers who have bowled in Asia in this period, Lyon has the second-best strike-rate, ahead of subcontinent-specialists Yasir Shah, Ravindra Jadeja and Shakib. He has also taken five five-wicket hauls and now has the second most five-fors for Australia in Asia, behind Shane Warne. Following the Chittagong Test, when queried as to how he solved the puzzle in Asia, Lyon said, “I think it’s a lot to do with confidence. This is probably my sixth tour in the sub-continent area so I think leading an attack where I’ve played the most games, lead the bangladesh tour summary wicket column with the bowling group, I’ve put enough pressure on myself to go out there and perform well. I’ve done a lot of work with Sri (former India spinner and currently Australia’s spin consultant Sridharan Sriram) here, but also John Davison at home. “I’ve watched a lot of footage of [Ravichandran] Ashwin, who in my book is probably the No 1 spinner in the world. So in these conditions it’s all about adapting and learning and probably putting your ego aside, and what works for me in Australia probably doesn’t really work here in the sub-continent. (With that said) it’s also my strength as well, so I can’t go too far from that, I have to put my ego away and really bowl with confidence, in my terms ‘bowl ugly.’ “That might be round arm for me, trying to undercut the ball a little bit more but using my stock ball as a variation. I think I’ve learnt a lot in the sub-continent and I’m embracing the challenge, and that’s one of the best things, you’ve got to want it, you want to go out there and do well for your mates walking out there, but the whole Australian public at home, so it’s a good challenge, and I love it.” Australia were under tremendous pressure after succumbing to defeat against Bangladesh in Mirpur. So after the second Test win which saw the series levelled, a happy and “relieved” captain Steven Smith praised his main strike bowler with an open heart. “Magnificent performance by Lyon. Probably more the first innings than the second innings in Chittagong Test. The first innings, the wicket really wasn’t offering a great deal. I thought the way he just hit that right area, particularly with the new ball, skidding it on and hitting a few guys in front. That was the perfect way to bowl,” Smith told the media. “I’m really proud of him. I think he’s come a long way particularly on the sub-continent over the last couple of years. He’s developed a different style at times. He knows when to bowl differently and when to bowl his stock ball. I thought the way he bowled throughout this series, to take 22 wickets in a two-match series is remarkable,” he added. So a remarkable series of fascinating Test cricket has ended 1-1 draw between mighty Australia and rising Bangladesh. The series will be remembered in many ways, thanks to some individual brilliance from world-class players. But the way Lyon showed his off-spin magic and used the condition as a spinner was like art and that can be remembered fondly as well. And so, “Well Played Garry, the GOAT.” 1st Test O M R W ECON WD NB 1st Inns 30.0 6 79 3 2.63 0 0 2nd Inns 34.3 10 82 6 2.37 0 0 2nd Test 1st Inns 36.2 7 94 7 2.58 0 0 2nd Inns 33.0 11 60 6 1.81 0 0
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