'I won’t be rested': Nathan Lyon rejects Warne's call to omit spinner for SCG Test

  • Shane Warne pushing to include Mitchell Swepson
  • Australia selectors may opt to include two spinners

Nathan Lyon has delivered a stinging response to Shane Warne’s suggestion he could be rested from the Sydney Test to allow fellow spinner Mitchell Swepson to debut. “Did Warney ever want a rest and give Stuart MacGill a go? I won’t be rested,” said Lyon.

Swepson is a small chance to play in this week’s third Test against New Zealand, particularly if the SCG wicket is expected to turn. The Queenslander’s most likely path to a baggy green would be if selectors opted to play two spinners, as they did most recently in Sydney in 2017.

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