Nathan Lyon surpasses Dale Steyn to become 9th highest wicket-taker in Test cricket

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Category : Sports Published on: December 06 2022

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Australian spinner Nathan Lyon surpassed South Africa great Dale Steyn to become the 9th highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.
Lyon now has 440 wickets, taking him past Steyn's tally of 439 Test scalps.
Lyon now needs three more wickets to go past fellow off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who is likely to play against Bangladesh in the Test series starting later this month.
Australia’s speedster Pat Cummins also became the 19th Aussie bowler to scalp 200 Test wickets.