#4 Nathan Lyon

From a curator at the Adelaide Oval to the most successful off-spinner in the history of Australian cricket, the journey has been exciting, monotonous, frugal, and fulfilling for Nathan Lyon.
In his six years in international cricket, Lyon has endured periods of doubt and has time and again emerged as the mainstay of the Australian bowling attack across all conditions.
When he picked up 13 wickets in Bangladesh during the second Test match, thus bowling Australia to an emphatic win, he had cleared his Asia hurdle and now with 269 Test wickets in 69 matches, there is no reason Lyon cannot breach the 400 mark and then go beyond!
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