14 March,2017 08:34 AM IST | | PTI
Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon suffered a cracked-skin on his right index finger during the second Test against India in Bangalore but he’s confident that he will be in the playing XI for the third match starting on March 16
Ranchi: Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon suffered a cracked-skin on his right index finger during the second Test against India in Bangalore but he's confident that he will be in the playing XI for the third match starting on March 16.
Off-spinners historically develop significant calluses (thickened and hardened parts of skin) on the top knuckle of their spinning finger, and Lyon said one such
callus was sliced opened on inside of his right index finger during the second innings of the Bangalore Test.
The 29-year-old Lyon is confident his finger ailment (split callus) will be healed on time for the third Test.
"I have bowled a lot of balls over the summer and it usually happens once or twice a year. It just split. It was pretty painful there for a bit. And you can't bowl on adhesive tape - there are rules and laws out there that you can't bowl on tape so I wasn't even considering that," he was quoted as saying in the Cricket Australia website.
"The last time I was here (in India, in 2013), the same thing happened in the third Test. I was able to play three days later. I'm more than confident in turning out for the next Test," he added.
