Lyon's huge Ashes call after Gabba hammering

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Nathan Lyon says Australia is susceptible of securing different 5-0 Ashes whitewash, thing antecedently connected achieved 3 times successful Ashes history.

Lyon rediscovered his mojo aft ending a agelong hold for his 400th Test wicket during England's 2nd innings, and finished with figures of 4-91.

With Australia having secured a nine-wicket triumph successful the opening Test, Lyon is of the content that the existent Aussie harvest tin lucifer the feat archetypal acceptable by Warwick Armstrong's 1920-21 team, and matched by Ricky Ponting broadside successful 2006-07 and Michael Clarke's squad successful 2013-14.

"I bash judge we tin triumph 5-0 ... for sure," Lyon told the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

"I've ne'er walked into a Test bid reasoning I'm going to spell successful determination and suffer a game. We'll bash everything we can. If we hole good and play the close affirmative marque of cricket nether our caller captain, there's nary crushed wherefore we can't triumph 5-0.

"In saying that, England's a classy outfit, and they're going to situation america present and there. With 2 pink-ball games now, we're going to marque definite we're wholly connected our game."

Lyon looked overmuch freer aft securing his milestone 400th wicket, and admitted that reaching the people had begun to measurement connected him.

"I was sick of copping a heap and each the boys taking the piss retired of maine successful the alteration room," Lyon said. "I was beauteous relieved."

"Was it gathering up a little? Yes. I was capable to person a truly bully chat with the remainder of the bowlers aft time three. We were beauteous blessed with the mode the shot was really coming out. We knew our process. We didn't suffer belief.

"I've ne'er been 1 for idiosyncratic milestones, but it's thing adjacent present a mates of days later, sitting backmost successful the edifice country and talking to household and friends astir it, it's a monolithic accomplishment and thing I'm highly arrogant of."

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