Nathan Lyon wreaks havoc with the bat
Nathan Lyon wreaks havoc with the bat
SCORECARD: New South Wales v Victoria
Nathan Lyon has smashed five sixes in an incredible innings of 75 off just 46 balls in NSW's Sheffield Shield clash against Victoria.
The blazing half-century from the Test spinner gave NSW the ascendancy in their winner-takes-all match against the competition leaders in Alice Springs.
Nathan Lyon is teeing off and has just put one over the grandstand and into the baseball field next door. 9-325 pic.twitter.com/MA3qIcDifp
— Victoria Bushrangers (@bushrangers) March 16, 2016
The third-placed NSW resumed in a delicate position at 8-262, but Lyon flung the bat to steer the Blues to 341, easily passing his previous highest first-class score of 42.
75 for @NathLyon421 is the =4th highest Shield score by a @CricketNSWBlues number 10, and the highest since 1937. pic.twitter.com/nbczIAgwTg
— Brett Graham (@brett_graham) March 16, 2016
He then chipped in with the ball, snaring a key wicket to have Victoria staring down the barrel of defeat.