The Gronk said:
Lyon was the groundsman at the Adelaide Test. Bowled a few in the nets and snuck into the state 2020 side and from there into the test side. Bowls donkey-drop off spinners but at least turns it.
Its what happens when you go through a dozen spinners since Warney and dont give them the chance to find their feet before you sack them - they all go to pot after that.
Lyon actually grew up in Young and moved To Canberra a few years ago and played there for a bit, he moved to Adelaide to try and crack their squad, and was working on the groundstaff to pay the bills while training and playing the district level stuff down there.
So yeah he did come from the groundstaff but it wasnt like he was mowing the lawn and rolled a few over in the nets on his lunchbreak
🙂
Interestingly he came through a lot of the same Junior Pathways as Trent Copeland, though he is a bit younger by a year or 2, but neither has been through the academy or center of excellence or that sort of talent identification stuff.
they did it the old fashioned way, hard work.