Australia’s off-spinner Nathan Lyon has expressed sympathy for England’s Moeen Ali, who suffers from a blistering finger. Lyon then compared Moeen’s situation to a lead singer losing his vocals but still needing to perform at a concert.

Nathan Lyon said –

“Sitting here I have a lot of sympathy for Mo, not coming off any red-ball cricket for two years and thrown into bowling a lot of overs, The best way I can probably sum it up, and it will probably sound weird, is a singer losing the vocals but expecting to go out and put a concert on.”

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Lyon added – “It is extremely tough to grip the ball as finger spinners, especially as offices, we put our fingers on the seam and try to spin up the back of the ball, that’s where we get to spin, drop, and drift. So [there’s] a lot of sympathy for him, I’ve been there before, it is quite painful.”

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Moeen was penalized 25% of his match money –

Despite the finger injury, Moeen bowled 33 overs in the first innings, with mixed outcomes. He took two wickets but gave up 147 runs and was penalized 25% of his match money for putting a foreign substance on his finger without the umpires’ permission.