Nathan Lyon has revealed he knew his Ashes campaign was over the moment his right calf tore at Lord’s accompanied by a sickening sound he likened to a “little gunshot”.
Lyon, who returned to Australia after the second Test and is hopeful he will be fit for the start of the Australia domestic summer in late September, has also shed light on his decision to bat in his team’s second innings at Lord’s against the advice of skipper Pat Cummins and medical staff.
The 35-year-old was playing his 100th consecutive Test when he ripped his right calf late on day two and was subsequently ruled out of the remainder of the Ashes series.
He admits he has found the experience of dealing with the first injury setback of his 12-year international career “pretty shattering” and claims his teammates are now good-naturedly querying if he can rightly…