Ashes 2023, 2nd Test: Pat Cummins told me not to bat with injured calf, says Nathan Lyon | Cricket News – Times of India

Captain Pat Cummins advised Nathan Lyon not to bat with a significant calf strain on day four of the ongoing second Ashes Test at Lord’s, but the Australian spinner found the courage to put on a heroic display in order to support his teammates and hopped into the middle as No. 11.
Lyon, who is playing his 100th consecutive Test, hurt his right calf while attempting a catch on the second day of Lord’s Test.But despite the injury, he managed to contribute 4 runs toAustralia‘s total in a last-wicket stand of 15, extending the visitors’ lead to 370 runs.
England had reached 114 for four at stumps in their pursuit of a daunting 371-run target.”Pat (Cummins) originally said to wake up to myself, that I’m not going out there,” Lyon told Sen Radio on Sunday. “But I had a chat to (head coach) Andrew McDonald and our medical team and tried to find a way that I could figure out how to go about it.”
Lyon, a veteran of 121 Test and just four wickets short of the landmark 500 scalps in the longest format, added that the painstaking effort from team physios helped him bat those 13 deliveries in the second innings.
“I spent a lot of time in the physio room and in the gym upstairs here at Lord’s with a lot of tape on my leg and trying to figure out how to bat.

“I was just going out there and trying to do my role. There’s a lot of talk about my innings but I went out there to support my teammates. That’s what I do and I’d do it again tomorrow. That’s just part of it.”
Lyon said he had been through an emotional roller-coaster over the last two days because of the injury.

“I’m absolutely shattered, heartbroken. Speechless is probably the best way to put it. I had a dream to win an Ashes series over here, I’ve said it publicly, privately and everything else.
“Right now to have a severe calf strain it’s disappointing, it’s heartbreaking.
(With agency inputs)