Lyon jumped into second place \u2013 behind Shane Warne on the list of all-time Australian Test wicket-takers during the first session of the third Ashes Test against England at the Adelaide Oval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After being left out of the XI for the second Test in Brisbane, Lyon had a point to prove in Adelaide, making an instant impact by removing Ollie Pope (3) to go level with McGrath on 563 wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Just moments later, Lyon produced a perfect off-spinner from around the wicket to beat Ben Duckett lunging forward, with the finger spinner hitting the top of off-stump.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was Lyon\u2019s 564th Test wicket, passing McGrath on 563. Only Warne (708) has claimed more scalps as an Australian than Lyon, who\u2019s now moved into outright sixth place on the all-time Test wicket-taker\u2019s list.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Lyon's 564 wickets also put him in outright sixth place on the all-time Test wicket-taker's list, with Warne (708) the only Australian above the off-spinner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lanka's Muthiah Muralidaran (800), England's James Anderson (704) and Stuart Broad (604) and India's Anil Kumble (619) are the only other bowlers in the format's history with more wickets than the 38-year-old Lyon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Lyon achieved the feat at Adelaide Oval \u2013 the ground where he was a curator before becoming a full-time cricketer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sri Lanka's Muthiah Muralidaran (800), England's James Anderson (704) and Stuart Broad (604) and India's Anil Kumble (619) are the only other bowlers in the format's history with more wickets than the 38-year-old Lyon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The efforts of Lyon spoilt what looked to be a steady reply from England, who bowled Australia out for 371, as the visitors are reeling at 124\/4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n