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🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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12 months after that dramatic Ashes summer, Australian spin bowler Nathan Lyon is back in the UK with Lancashire in the County Championship.
He spoke to BBC Sport’s Stephan Shemilt about experiencing life in the North West, having to leave the 2023 Ashes early through injury, and how he has changed as a person throughout his career.
And he offers an intriguing prediction as to how last summer's Ashes would have gone if he'd played all five matches.
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0:45.0 | Hello, I'm Henry Moran and welcome along to this Bonus Test Match Special Podcast. |
0:50.0 | Of course, last summer and Aeth & Lion was part of the the Australian side taking on England in the heat of an ash his summer. |
0:56.0 | Twelve months on he's back in the UK, this time with perhaps a little less pressure, playing for Lancashire in the county championship. |
1:03.5 | In a wide-ranging interview he's been speaking to the BBC's chief cricket writer Stephen Schemmel |
1:08.3 | talking about how he's finding life in the northwest, flying home early from that men's ashes and why he likes to keep the |
1:14.9 | media on their toes. |
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1:20.6 | Nathan it's lovely to meet you, mainly because you possess one of my favorite stock replies |
1:30.8 | when it comes to press conferences. |
1:33.1 | So often when you get asked something like, |
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