Lyon Joins the 400 Club

Lyon ended England's overnight partnership of Joe Root and Dawid Malan for 162 when he dismissed the latter, having him caught at bat-pad for 82. With the scalp, Lyon joined retired Shane Warne (708) and Glenn McGrath (563) as the only Australians to claim 400 or more wickets in Test cricket.

Lyon added the scalps of Ollie Pope (4), who was caught in the slip. He also dismissed Ollie Robinson (8) and Mark Wood (6) to return with figures of 4 for 91.

The Long Wait...........

It was a long wait for Lyon, who had 399 scalps coming into The Ashes. He had to wait for almost a whole year to reach the milestone. Lyon went wicketless in the first innings but bowled well today to get his rewards. He broke the partnership between Dawid Malan and Joe Root and that helped Australia get through the English line-up.

Lyon has become the seventh spin bowler to take 400 wickets in men's Test cricket.Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne, Anil Kumble, Rangana Herath, R Ashwin, and Harbhajan Singh are the other spinners to have achieved this feat.He is also the third Australian overall after Warne and Glenn McGrath to claim 400 Test wickets.