Veteran Australian spinner Nathan Lyon hailed the influence of an Indian rival Ravichandran Ashwin, who he sees as an inspiration, on his remarkable career to date and said he had "nothing but respect for Ashwin".
Buttler's complete dominance of the Australian bowling, in which he smashed five towering sixes and an equal number of boundaries at a mind-boggling strike rate of 222, showed that he had done his homework on the Australian bowlers, as England crushed their arch-rivals by eight wickets, chasing down the total in 11.4 overs.
Stokes has not played cricket at any level since July of this year, first owing to a finger injury, then due to mental health issues, and has been left out of England's 17-man Ashes squad.
Lyon hasn't played cricket since April when he was left out of Australia's limited-overs tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh, and he's also not in the T20 World Cup squad, so he's used the time to work on some new variations that he'll debut against England.
