Nathan Lyon has warned England they would be foolish to overlook a frontline spinner for this summer’s Ashes, insisting Australia will be ready to inflict more pain on the tourists.

Australia’s greatest off-spinner said he was not surprised by England’s squad announcement last week, which included Will Jacks as back-up to Shoaib Bashir, but featured no other slow-bowling options.

England are weighing up a pace-heavy attack – spearheaded by Jofra Archer – for the marquee series starting on November 21 in Perth.

Lyon, unveiled on Wednesday as NSW’s new Sheffield Shield captain for the side’s opening match in Perth on Saturday, said ignoring a spinner would be a mistake despite history showing visiting spinners generally have a tough time in Australia.

“You’re asking the spinner if they w

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