Loading It’s a turn of events that will only fuel arguments from chief tenants the Sydney Swans and the AFL for the SCG to finally embrace a drop-in deck, but Cricket NSW remains staunchly against such a move. The Blues trained at the SCG nets on Wednesday as workers continued to tear down the old Allianz and surrounding structures – including the nearby sight screens, making the task that touch more difficult for batsmen. Lyon, a former groundskeeper at the Adelaide Oval and a regular beneficiary of the spin-friendly Sydney deck, was eager to return to the NSW fold after his post-Ashes break but admitted he would have preferred it was happening at the SCG. “Always disappointed to not play at the SCG,” Lyon said. “Obviously it’s a great venue to play but that’s out of my [control]. “I really hope it doesn’t go drop-in. The characteristics of an SCG pitch is part of our cricket history here. It’s called the Sydney Cricket Ground, so I personally believe we should keep the wicket the same.” Lyon, 31, declared himself 100 per cent fit to play after struggling with a split in his spinning finger in the fourth Ashes Test, saying… Read full this story
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