Nathan Lyon's advice to England after handshake furore vs India; Ashes series, Bazball comments

Australian spinner Nathan Lyon has offered a blunt piece of advice to England after the furore that engulfed the final day of their fourth Test against India.

With the game certain to end in a draw, Ben Stokes offered a handshake to the opposing batters in a bid to call the game off in the final session.

But with Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar closing in on centuries, the visitors opted to continuing batting until both men had reached their milestone.

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Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar celebrate in Manchester Getty

The approach from India, while perfectly legal, angered the England side as a host of players, including captain Stokes, started to sledge and taunt the batters.

It has led to plenty of debate, with Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott defending the antics, while former England captain Nasser Hussain and ex-Australian keeper Brad Haddin believe the Indians were well within their rights to keep going.

Lyon was quizzed about the situation during a Melbourne Renegades sponsor event and offered similar thoughts to former teammate Haddin.

"Get them out - don't let them get a hundred," he said.

When prompted further, Lyon opted not to light the fuse any further ahead of this year's Ashes series, which kicks off in Perth in late-November.

Nathan Lyon weighs in on the England vs India controversy Getty

The 37-year-old is likely to feature prominently in the Baggy Green across the five-game series against England and is fully aware of what awaits him.

"I totally expect them to come out and attack me," Lyon said.

"I think every touring team says they're going to come and attack the spinner, so I'm pretty used to that now. Guys trying to attack me brings me into the game.

"I'm looking forward to that. I've got some plans, and I'm already writing down a few things I want to try to put in play and work on."

The attacking brand of cricket England has utilised to varying degrees of success in recent years - widely referred to as "Bazball" as a nod to Brendon McCullum - could see Lyon in the firing line when facing the likes of Stokes, Joe Root and Harry Brook.

Harry Brook Getty

But this country's greatest off-spinner knows it won't be one-way traffic Down Under.

"I think Bazball has changed a little bit, they're now honestly talking about ways of how to win games and not being too reckless," Lyon said.

"The conditions over here, it's always been a great competition between bat and ball and that's the way Australia's produced wickets like that.

"It's going to be challenging for their batters and challenging for our batters. That's the way cricket should be, you want to see competition between bat and ball."

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