Young’s Nathan Lyon has continued his excellent form following on from the Ashes to help his Big Bash League side the Sydney Sixers to blast the Melbourne Stars on Tuesday night.
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Lyon’s teammate Nic Maddison smashed 62 from 31 balls to lead his side to victory over the under performing Stars.
"He's the man of the match for me," teammate Nathan Lyon said despite being named with the accolade for his 3-18 earlier in the night.
It's just about making sure you're committing to your plan. I was lucky enough to commit to most of my plans there tonight and got the reward.
- Nathan Lyon
"Those small targets can actually be quite hard to chase down in shorter format cricket. The way he went out there and backed his game and played his natural free game and hit those big shots really broke the back of the Stars."
Sydney sent down 60 dot balls, the most of the BBL summer so far, while Lyon tore through the Stars, capturing three wickets to restrict Melbourne to an uncompetitive score.
Lyon was on a hat-trick at one point after dismissing Kevin Pietersen and Ben Dunk back to back, and has now enjoyed two wins in two matches for the Sixers this summer.
"When you come up against the best players you want to challenge yourself, Kevin's one of those guys, Peter Handscomb's one of the guys, Glenn Maxwell, James Faulkner, I could go through the whole side," Lyon said.
"I was really happy with the way the ball came out to take a couple of wickets and really put the Stars on the back foot, that was the main thing.
"It's those little moments in the game where you need to try and execute your plan in T20 cricket.
"The big thing in T20 cricket if you've got your plans right is you go and execute to your best ability. Sometimes you're going to get hit for six sometimes you're going to take wickets or bowl dot balls.
"It's just about making sure you're committing to your plan. I was lucky enough to commit to most of my plans there tonight and got the reward."
Lyon was named the man though in only his second game for the Sixers this season.
Pietersen struck the first blow when he stooped down to one knee and hammered the ball to the fine leg rope, but Lyon bounced back next ball, drawing the Englishman into a false shot that was gobbled up by the busy Abbott at deep mid wicket.