Don’t panic! Australia’s Nathan Lyon urges calm in face of ‘Bazball’

Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon believes the ‘Bazball’ mannequin of play solely works if the opposition panics and has urged his crew mates to remain calm inside the face of England’s aggressive batting inside the upcoming Ashes assortment.

England have gained 10 of their last 12 Tests since captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon ‘Baz’ McCullum took over and launched the high-risk, high-reward mannequin of play.

“You look at the way they played against New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan, they have been able to force the opposition into panicking,” Lyon knowledgeable Australian Associated Press (AAP).

“We merely have to stress about us. Control what we’ll administration and worry about what’s in our yard and by no means be fearful about what they’re doing.

“If we make sure we have really good plans and stick to them, everything will go okay.”

The 35-year-old acknowledged Australia needed to provide consideration to executing their very personal gameplan and stay away from the kind of batting collapses that marred their tour of India earlier this 12 months.

“We shouldn’t panic anyway,” Lyon acknowledged. “We panicked in India and we saw what happened. If we can learn from that experience and play our way and our brand it will be okay.”

Lyon acknowledged he was not excited by pre-series chatter about England arranging flatter pitches or shorter boundaries or altering their technique to counter Australia.

“We have to worry about us,” he added. “We is likely to be very effectively deliberate … I really feel we is likely to be in really wonderful situation.

“We’re not buying into the fact they have to do it against Australian bowlers. We just keep nailing our process and worrying about us.”

Lyon has carried out inside the last six Ashes assortment, profitable three and drawing one. Australia’s bid to retain the urn for the fourth straight assortment begins at Edgbaston on June 16.