Nathan Lyon was impressed with how England's inexperienced spinners acquitted themselves in India, regardless that the guests misplaced 4-1 having received the opening Test, as he prepares to affix forces with considered one of them, Tom Hartley, for a county season with Lancashire.

Lyon, who stated he was "absolutely glued" to the India-England collection, additionally believes Bashir may have "something special" and has the potential to achieve success in Australia.

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"All three of them to be honest with you," Lyon stated on the Willow Talk podcast when requested who stood out for him. "And I'm not just saying that to be kind. They had a pretty hard introduction into Test cricket. That's one hell of a way to start your Test career, come over and bowl to Rohit [Sharma] and [Shubman] Gill and everyone else.

"But I'm wanting ahead to getting over to Lancashire and assembly Tom [Hartley] and bowling with him and simply having discussions about left-arm [orthodox], right-arm offies is a fairly comparable craft. It's going to be fascinating to see the mindset, his reflections. I'm wanting ahead to hopefully enjoying a bit with him over there as nicely which might be good.

"Bashir looked like he had something special as well. I like that he went over the back of it [the ball], so he could be he could be a threat down here for sure."

The subsequent Ashes collection will happen within the 2025-26 season in Australia with England attempting to construct a aspect that may win down beneath for the primary time since 2010-11 and solely the second since 1986-87.

Nathan Lyon is assured the present Australia Test aspect can attain the following Ashes•AFP/Getty Images

"We're definitely getting closer to the end than the start," Lyon stated. "But I think also where we are in our careers is that we've done the hard work when we're continuing to do the hard work in our preparation, our recovery, our rehab. There's no reason why we can't keep playing on for three to four or five years.

"The solely factor going to cease blokes is potential accidents and the way the physique holds up. The ability is at all times going to be there. The guys have performed lengthy sufficient now they usually know what to do and the way they go about it. And one other factor is that, particularly throughout the bowlers, beneath Pat [Cummins], Pat will get it as nicely. He understands when the bowlers are cooked…he understands the significance of managing [our] bowlers fairly nicely."