The man Australia can least afford to lose for the Ashes

By Andrew Wu
Updated November 19 2017 - 5:13pm, first published 4:23pm

If Nathan Lyon does not wish himself a safe passage through the Ashes when he blows out the candles for his 30th birthday on Monday then selectors should step in and do it for him.

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