Nathan Lyon expects to play August Tests against Bangladesh

[p]The 38-year-old suffered a torn hamstring ‌during the third Ashes test against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/UJC5mtAU/"]‌England[/a] at the Adelaide Oval in December, ‌an injury that required surgery.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lyon-nathan/baw6Lrll/"]Lyon[/a], who has taken 567 test wickets and is ‌second on Australia's all-time list behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/warne-shane/v5Rfk3zI/"]⁠Shane Warne[/a] (708), ‌said he had been working hard to ​get back in shape for the longest format of the game.[/p][p]"[b]Yeah, ​100%,[/b]" Lyon told Australian media when asked if he was confident of playing ⁠in the ​opener of the two-test series, which starts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=jNepbY6t"]on August 13 in Darwin[/a].[/p][embed guid="f75cb0c1-8d20-47bf-a37b-04d829a5d96a" url="https://x.com/cricketcomau/status/2066382194130735517" social-type="twitter" /][p]"[b]It's been a lot of hard work, there's no ‌point in hiding behind that, a lot of long days and stuff, but that's all been part of [/b]it.[/p][p]"I wouldn't be doing all this work right now if I didn't want to play every test match.[/p][p]"[b]No one has a given right to be ‌selected for Australia, so I know ​I need to make sure that ‌I'm performing, doing all the right things. But I'm, hand on heart, set on playing every test match I'm available for.[/b]"[/p][p]The second match begins ⁠[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/cricket/australia-OxG0JfXg/bangladesh-2of97jms/?mid=OzfhdCyg"]on August 22 ⁠in Mackay[/a].[/p]