Australia spinner Nathan Lyon managed to swerve a strange question about using urine to toughen up fingers after day four of the first Ashes Test.
Lyon faced the media on Monday evening after taking figures of 4-80 to help set up what promises to be a grandstand finish at Edgbaston once the rain clears off on Tuesday. And while he was asked plenty of questions about his own bowling and the exciting state of the game, which will see Australia resume on 107-3 needing a further 174 runs to win, he also fielded an unusual query.
England off-spinner Moeen Ali has been hampered by a blistered index finger, which has caused him enormous discomfort while bowling during the match. As a fellow spinner, Lyon was asked whether he had any techniques to avoid just problems, with the reporter making reference to Graeme Swann, who was known to soak his finger in his own urine.
