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“I thoroughly enjoyed my time in England when I was inside the Lancashire dressing room, listening to the guys talking about the Ashes, talking about the way they were planning, the way they were going to approach winning here,” Lyon said.
England captain Ben Stokes made it clear last month that the changes to the squad for the series against the West Indies were in preparation for the 2025-26 tour of Australia. Bowler Jimmy Anderson has been given a final Test, Jonny Bairstow dropped Player Jack Leach ignored.
Australian Test player Nathan Lyon.credit: Getty
“Look where we have to go in 18 months, to Australia. We want to get that title back,” Stokes said in July, aware that England had been thrashed in their last three visits, losing 13 of 15 Test matches without winning any.
Lyon shared a dressing room in Lancashire with England's Tom Hartley, taking mental notes of the tall left-hander's experience of playing five Test matches as a surprise selection on England's tour of India earlier this year.
“I had some really good conversations with Tom Hartley about the different approaches he took with different guys, which I found very interesting,” Leon said.
“If the plans we talked about come to fruition, I think it will be interesting.”
Tom Hartley celebrates after taking five wickets in India.credit: Getty
Lyon has identified rising Indian star Yashasvi Jaiswal as the latest threat the Australians will have to face. The 22-year-old opening batsman averages 68 after nine Test matches, with three centuries, including 209 against England.
“India seem to have the ability to pluck a player out of nowhere and become an absolute star. Look at this Jaiswal. I haven't met him yet, but this will be a huge challenge for all the bowlers,” Lyon said.
“I watched closely the way he played in the last Test series against England in India, and I thought he was absolutely amazing.”
Sunday's announcement on Test cricket included news about victorian The South Australian state governments have also signed seven-year agreements with Cricket Australia, the Western Australian government has signed a three-year agreement and the Queensland state government has signed a two-year agreement.
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Uncertainty over the future of the Gabba is growing due to the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, with the Queensland Cricket Association announcing on Sunday that it will not host a Test match during the 2026-27 season, with Bird saying the stadium will “reach the end of its useful life” in 2030.
The highlight of Sunday's announcement was the 150th anniversary Test between Australia and England at the MCG in March 2027, a one-off celebration of the first Test played in March 1877. It follows the 1977 Centenary Test at the MCG.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said his government would use this summer's Sydney test to attract more visitors from India, which now provides the largest annual number of migrants to Australia.
“In the last 12 months, we have spent about half a billion dollars on tourism from tourists coming from India,” Minz said.
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