Australia and Pakistan will face each other in the first Test in Karachi starting on Friday.© AFP
australian spin great Nathan Lyon On Wednesday, he said he is enjoying the challenge of bowling against one of the world’s top batsmen, Babar Azam, in the first Test against Pakistan starting this week. The 34-year-old is the highest wicket-taker in the Australia team with 415 in 105 Tests, and has a record of 95 victims in 19 matches across Asia. Azam is the world number one batsman in One Day Internationals as well as Twenty20 and is ranked ninth in the Test rankings. “I have always said from day one of my career that I want to compete against the best players in the world and Babar is definitely one of those people,” Lyon said in a video news conference.
Azam is the lynch-pin in Pakistan’s often weak batting line-up, which also includes veteran Azhar Ali and hard-working Fawad Alam.
“I can’t wait to challenge myself, but there are some incredible batsmen in this Pakistan line-up with whom I will get some good challenges.
“To be honest, every game I go into, my mindset is to win, not draw or lose, so my mindset is to be here in Pakistan and win 3-0.”
Lyon said Australia are on a high after thrashing England 4-0 in the Ashes earlier this year.
“I think this is a very young and exciting Australian Test team coming back home from a great summer and that has given the group a lot of confidence.”
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He compared the pitch at the Rawalpindi Stadium to the pitch played by Australia against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in 2018.
“There isn’t much grass on it. I hope it will be good to bat for the first few days and then hopefully it can have spin and reverse swing,” he said.
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