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A Lyth

India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder

A Lyth — 154 career matches, 4,133 runs and 23 wickets across all formats.

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Bat Avg
27.7
Bowl Avg
26.5

Career stats overview

7 Test · 147 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.

Test

7 matches

265
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken

Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.

T20I

147 matches

3,868
Runs scored
23
Wickets taken

Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.

Format-aware deep dive

Where he dominates

Home record

215
wickets

Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.

Fourth-innings force

112
wickets

A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.

Lower-order resilience

38.4
batting avg

At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.

Elite opposition

198
wkts in 48 M

Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.

Consistency

14
five-wicket hauls

Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.

WTC presence

2
finals played

In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.

Career threads

Beyond the numbers

Elite across all three formats

788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.

Test cricket is where the numbers peak

A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.

A franchise career of its own

250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.

Sir Jadeja

The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.

Head-to-head

Vs opponents

Career totals broken down by the teams A Lyth has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.

Durham

Matches
21
Runs
654
Wickets
6

Derbyshire

Matches
17
Runs
436
Wickets
3

Lancashire

Matches
16
Runs
401
Wickets
1

Leicestershire

Matches
15
Runs
462
Wickets
1

Birmingham Bears

Matches
14
Runs
337
Wickets
1

Nottinghamshire

Matches
13
Runs
436
Wickets
7

Worcestershire

Matches
12
Runs
333
Wickets
1

Northamptonshire

Matches
11
Runs
366
Wickets
1

Grounds played at

Home & away grounds

The venues where A Lyth has turned out most often.

Headingley, Leeds

Matches
71
Runs
2,160
Wickets
7

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

Matches
12
Runs
257
Wickets
4

Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Matches
12
Runs
310
Wickets
6

County Ground

Matches
11
Runs
267

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Matches
11
Runs
279
Wickets
1

Old Trafford, Manchester

Matches
9
Runs
222

Grace Road

Matches
7
Runs
233

Queen's Park

Matches
6
Runs
109
Wickets
3

Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.