The Ashes: Nathan Lyon to miss rest of series with a calf injury, replaced by Todd Murphy ahead of third Test

Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon will miss the rest of the Ashes series with a calf injury he picked up in the second Test at Lord’s.

Lyon pulled up on day two as he ran to field a ball. He hobbled out to bat on day four and scored four runs as he added 15 with Mitchell Starc.

Cricket Australia confirmed that Lyon had a “significant calf tear” and has been replaced by spinner Todd Murphy. Murphy will be Australia’s chief spinner for the first time in a decade.

For Lyon, his withdrawal brings an end to his streak of 100 consecutive Tests. He had never missed a Test through injury until now.

Lyon took eight wickets in Australia’s victory in the first Test at Edgbaston.

“I’ve been extremely lucky with injuries. I’ve been around since August 2011 and we’ve had 126 Test matches and I’ve played 122 of them,” Lyon said.

“This is just a little speed bump in the road. This isn’t career-defining. I am hungrier than ever to get back out there.”

Spare batter Matt Renshaw, who fielded for Lyon on the last day of the Lord’s Test, has been released from the squad but will remain in the UK on standby.

England have released teenage spin bowler Rehan Ahmed and Durham seamer Matthew Potts from their squad for Headingley.

Third Test squads

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith (vc), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland, Michael Neser, Marcus Harris, Mitchell Marsh, Jimmy Peirson (wk)

England: Ben Stokes (c), Moeen Ali, James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Stuart Broad, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Dan Lawrence, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood