Top 5 Australian Test spinners of all time

3 Nathan Lyon

Nathan Lyon

When Nathan Lyon made his Test debut for Australia back in 2011, the team was in turmoil and the search for a spinner to step into Shane Warne's shoes was going nowhere. However, the search ended with the emergence of Lyon and over the next six years, he went on to establish himself as one of the best spinners in world cricket.

Lyon is a classical right arm off spinner and unlike many of his peers, he can actually turn the ball. On the other hand, he is extremely accurate and can tie one end up with his accuracy. However, at the end of the day, he is an attacking bowler and has been one of Australia's top wicket-takers over the past few seasons.

More importantly, he can take wickets anywhere in the world and unlike many overseas spinners, knows exactly how to bowl on the spin-friendly pitches in the subcontinent.

His show in India earlier this year was simply superb and gave Australia a fighting chance in the series. He has played 70 Test matches, and is already at 7th in the all-time list of Australia's highest wicket-takers with a tally 274 Test wickets.

Lyon is all set to finish his career as one of his nation's all time best spinners.