A defiant Nathan Lyon has phoned Australian selectors to insist he can still play every Test as he nears recovery from his "pretty traumatic" hamstring injury.
Lyon has been sidelined since tearing his hamstring off the bone in the third Ashes Test in December, but is on track to be fit for the home series against Bangladesh in August.
Australia's greatest finger-spinner is currently in the gym at least five days a week, has ridden about 700km since taking up road cycling in his recovery, and is almost back to running at full intensity.
Lyon bowled at Cricket Central in Sydney on Monday morning and plans to do so on turf wickets against batters in the coming weeks.
"It's been quite a long process from the Adelaide Test. We're probably two-thirds through it now ... it's a pretty traumatic injury," said Cricket Australia physical performance coach Ross Herridge.
