ANALYSIS: Nathan Lyon the quiet key to Australia's undermanned Test win
Mitchell Starc's five wickets in the first innings of the day-night Test against New Zealand in Perth shows that in the right conditions, there is nobody better.On the second evening, when New Zealand batsmen first took guard and Starc knocked off four of them, Ross Taylor used Lyon as his release. In between being worked over by bouncers, Taylor blatted Lyon through cover with that bottom-handed swat that makes him look so confident.
Taylor was perplexed, playing fresh-air shots and nearly running himself out to get off strike. After three overs of discomfort, Lyon bowled straight, Taylor played for spin and edged to slip for 80. New Zealand's best hope for the innings had been done in.
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