NM Lyon

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

NM Lyon — 207 career matches, 1,768 runs and 639 wickets across all formats.

Matches

Runs

Wickets

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NMLYON

Bat Avg

12.4

Bowl Avg

30.3

Career stats overview

141 Test · 29 ODI · 37 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

141 matches

1,651

Runs scored

567

Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

ODI

29 matches

Runs scored

Wickets taken

The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.

T20I

37 matches

Runs scored

Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215

wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112

wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4

batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198

wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams NM Lyon has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

India

Matches: 32
Runs: 447
Wickets: 134

England

Matches: 30
Runs: 362
Wickets: 116

South Africa

Matches: 18
Runs: 268
Wickets: 60

Pakistan

Matches: 14
Runs: 170
Wickets: 67

Sri Lanka

Matches: 14
Runs: 109
Wickets: 61

New Zealand

Matches: 12
Runs: 170
Wickets: 64

West Indies

Matches: 10
Runs: 186
Wickets: 67

Perth Scorchers

Matches: 5
Runs: 16
Wickets: 6

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where NM Lyon has turned out most often.

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Matches: 15
Runs: 188
Wickets: 56

Adelaide Oval

Matches: 14
Runs: 221
Wickets: 71

Sydney Cricket Ground

Matches: 14
Runs: 65
Wickets: 68

The Gabba, Brisbane

Matches: 13
Runs: 163
Wickets: 58

Galle International Stadium

Matches: 5
Runs: 44
Wickets: 35

Optus Stadium, Perth

Matches: 5
Runs: 36
Wickets: 29

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground

Matches: 5
Runs: 76
Wickets: 14

Bellerive Oval

Matches: 4
Runs: 62
Wickets: 8

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.