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  1. May 19, 2024 · Nathan Lyon, playing for Lancashire, faced off against Ben Stokes, who was representing Durham. The individual face-off was highly anticipated, given both players' high profiles and history of intense competition at the international level. Lyon wasted no time in asserting his dominance, dismissing Stokes in a mere 8 deliveries.

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  2. May 18, 2024 · And though you did not have to pay £24.99 to watch it, the neutrals would be right to feel short-changed by just 10 minutes of Ben Stokes versus Nathan Lyon. The eight balls between these ...

  3. Ben Stokes was so close to taking to a classic Ashes catch but he couldn't hold on as Nathan Lyon survived, a moment that could have swung a thrilling first Test in England's favour.

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    As per ESPNcricinfo, Lyon has dismissed Stokes as many as nine times in 28 Test innings but the batter averages 43.66 in this battle. Only India's off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (11) has dismissed the England captain more often in Tests. Meanwhile, Lyon's teammate and left-arm pacer Mitchell Starc has dismissed Stokes six times in whites. The sout...

    Like many left-handed batters, Stokes has struggled against off-spinners. In 100 Test innings, the veteran has fallen prey to them 41 times with his average being 30.02. On England soil, Lyon has dismissed him four times in 14 Test innings. Meanwhile, 172 of Lyon's total Test wickets have been recorded against southpaws. The Aussie has an excellent...

    In 19 Ashes Tests, Stokes has clobbered 1,157 runs at an average of 34.02. The tally includes three tons and six fifties. With the ball, the right-arm pacer has returned with 38 wickets in these games at 39.68. Two of his four Test fifers have been recorded versus Australia. He owns 19 wickets and 642 runs in 10 home Tests against the Aussies.

    Meanwhile, Lyon has snapped 101 wickets in 28 Ashes Tests at a brilliant average of 29.42. The tally includes a couple of fifers. Coming to his numbers in England, the off-spinner has walked away with 50 wickets in 15 Tests at an average of 29.66 (5W: 1). Lyon snapped 20 wickets at 33.40 in the preceding Ashes series in England, in 2019.

    Lyon has raced to 487 wickets in 120 Tests at 31.03. He has scalped 23 Test fifers alongside four 10-wicket match hauls. He is the eighth-highest wicket-taker in Tests, only behind legends Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Shane Warne (708), James Anderson (685), Anil Kumble (619), Stuart Broad (582), Glenn McGrath (563), and Courtney Walsh (519). The of...

    Stokes has been a mainstay for England in Tests. He was named the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year in January after he revived England's Test team. He slammed 870 runs and picked up 26 wickets in 2022. He was also selected as the captain of the Test Team of the Year. Stokes has slammed 5,712 runs and taken 194 wickets in 92 Tests.

  4. May 18, 2024 · Lyon trumps Stokes in Ashes reunion. Just days after saying Australia would have won the Ashes 4-0 if he had not been injured, Nathan Lyon backed up his claims to dismiss Ben Stokes cheaply ...

  5. May 19, 2024 · Australia offspinner Nathan Lyon had the better of his latest encounter with Ben Stokes as he took the wicket of the England Test captain in a County Championship match on Saturday. Lyon has dismissed Stokes nine times in Tests but was left helpless when the star all-rounder struck a stunning 135 not out to guide England to a thrilling one-wicket win in a 2019 Ashes clash at Headingley.

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  7. Dec 12, 2023 · Nathan Lyon has lifted the lid on the moment Ben Stokes dropped the Ashes, revealing how the England captain had actually goaded him into gifting the golden chance at Edgbaston.