Australia rue Lyon absence in wake of Hazlewood illness

As he had been in Brisbane in December, Nathan Lyon was on drinks duty at Gqeberha. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's selectors have had a golden run, but not even they could have predicted Josh Hazlewood would stumble across a dodgy dish in South Africa.

If they had, then there is every chance Nathan Lyon would have found himself in the XI for the second Test at St George's Park.