Top 7 wicket-taking spinners since the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan

#3 Nathan Lyon – 241 wickets

Nathan Lyon has been Australia’s top spinner in the last few years

Nathan Lyon has been Australia’s premier spinner in the last few years. The offie had the Indian cricket team in their hunches in the recently concluded Test match in Bangalore where he took eight wickets in the first innings.

His ability to spin the ball a lot and to extract bounce off any pitch at the same time has helped to him to be one of the top spinners of the current generation. When he made his debut in 2011, he made an immediate impact, picking up a wicket in his first delivery against Sri Lanka. Since then, he has never had to look back.

Only 29 years old, Lyon has a long way ahead of him. So far, in 65 Test matches, he has picked up 241 wickets. Whether or not he can possibly catch up with Muralitharan, will depend on how much Australia tour the sub-continent in the coming days. Anyway, it would be a remarkable feat.