Australia Test spinner Nathan Lyon is set to play in the 'A' series against India at Allan Border Field next week, his first competitive match since working under the tutelage of legendary off-spinner Muthiah Muralidaran.

Lyon had been on standby for the series, and has spent the past week at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane while Australia A played out a draw with India A on the adjacent AB Field.

The prospect of Lyon playing in the second of two four-day matches was first raised yesterday by cricket.com.au and confirmed this morning by Cricket Australia.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann, the on-duty selector for the Brisbane leg of the Australia A Tour, said: "Nathan has been added to the squad to give him the opportunity to play some first-class cricket in preparation for Australia’s upcoming tour against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in October."

Lyon's addition to the squad raises the prospect of Australia A playing two spinners in the second match against India A, with the same pitch that produced 1,294 runs in the first match to be used again.

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Leg-spinner Cameron Boyce failed to snare a breakthrough on the final day at AB Field, but his four wickets in the first innings suggest he did enough to warrant another chance in front of his home crowd.

Australia A coach Michael Di Venuto said playing two matches on the same pitch meant changes to the playing XI were likely.

“Obviously we’ll assess the conditions. We’re going to play on the same wicket I believe, so we’ll see how that comes up and obviously we’ve got to see where we’re at with our bowlers and if there’s niggles, or we may rest a couple of people,” Di Venuto told cricket.com.au

“We’ve got a few people in our squad who we can call upon, so we’ll assess that over the next couple of days, have a look at the wicket and come up with an XI.”

The second match starts on Sunday before both teams head to Darwin for a quadrangular limited-overs series with South Africa A and Cricket Australia's National Performance Squad.