Cummins told me not to bat with injured calf but I had to support my teammates: Lyon

Australian cricketer Nathan Lyon was told by his skipper Pat Cummins not to bat with a significant calf strain in the ongoing second Test against England but the veteran spinner ended up doing that to “support” his teammates.

Australian cricketer Nathan Lyon was told by his skipper Pat Cummins not to bat with a significant calf strain in the ongoing second Test against England but the veteran spinner ended up doing that to "support" his teammates.

Lyon, playing in his 100th consecutive Test, is suspected to have torn his right calf while running to catch a ball on day two of the second Ashes Test at Lord's.

But on Saturday, he hobbled on to the batting crease and helped Australia add 15 runs to increase their lead to 370 runs.

Lyon was the last man out for four runs, his cameo finishing Australia's second innings on 279.

At stumps on Day 4, England were 114 for four chasing an improbable 371.

"Pat (Cummins) originally said to wake up to myself, that I'm not going out there," Lyon told Sen Radio on Sunday.

"But I had a chat to (head coach) Andrew McDonald and our medical team and tried to find a way that I could figure out how to go about it."