Australia spinner Nathan Lyon has accepted to live with comparisons to cricketing legend Shane Warne throughout his career. The 36-year-old, once pressurized by such comparisons, feels reasonably comfortable with it these days. Lyon, who has played 129 Test matches and picked up 530 wickets, revealed that Warne's massive stature made it tough for him to carve out a niche for himself in international cricket. The greatest spinner of all time, Warne, had retired in 2007 with 708 Test wickets. He died in 2022 at an age of 52. Lyon was going through immense pressure when he made his Test debut in 2011 compared to Shane Warne. Lyon told to Sky Cricket that: “I probably struggled with it early doors because you would be trying your hardest every game, but I feel like the media and the Australian public were asking, ‘who’s the next spinner? We need a spinner to do what Shane Warne did on the last day." He further added: “And I’m 10 matches into my first-class career. I’m never going to be able to do what Warnie did. Warnie’s once-in-a-generation, he’s the greatest to play the game in my opinion. I still feel in the shadow of Shane Warne now and I’m 129 Test matches in with 530 wickets. The thing is, I’m happy with that, and I’m comfortable with that now. A lot of us felt the pressure of Shane Warne’s shadow… and it probably took me a good five, six, seven years to understand that pressure is a privilege. And if you’ve got pressure, you’re doing OK, enjoy it." Lyon will be the part of five-Test series against India, which begins on 22 November at Perth. Also Read | Top 10 Iconic Spinners in Cricket’s Glorious History