NM Lyon  of South Africa returned with figures of 3 for 182 in South Africa’s first innings in the ongoing  test at Johannesburg to provide the thirteenth occasion of  an Australian bowler conceding 175 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. NM Lyon became the first Australian bowler to concede 175 plus runs against South Africa in a test innings and thus earned the tag of becoming the most expensive bowler against South Africa in a test innings. The previous record was held by SK Warne who  had  conceded 161 runs and captured six  wickets at Cape Town in Mar 2002.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Mailey	32.0×8	00	179	3	4	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
2	AA Mailey	43.6×8	02	186	4	1	Eng	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925
3	CV Grimmett	64.0	14	191	2	2	Eng	Sydney	14 Dec 1928
4	WJ O’Reilly	59.0	09	189	7	1	Eng	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
5	WJ O’Reilly	85.0	26	178	3	1	Eng	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
6	LO Fleetwood-Smith	87.0	11	298	1	1	Eng	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
7	JW Gleeson	35.0×8	02	176	1	3	Win	Adelaide	24 Jan 1969
8	B Yardley	66.0	16	187	7	1	Pak	Melbourne	11 Dec 1981
9	B Lee	39.3	05	201	4	1	Ind	Sydney	02 Jan 2004
10	JJ Krejza	43.5	01	215	8	1	Ind	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
11	NM Lyon	47.0	01	215	3	2	Ind	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
12	SNJ O’Keefe	77.0	17	199	3	2	Ind	Ranchi	16 Mar 2017
13	NM Lyon	40.0	03	182	3	1	SAF	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018

AA Mailey, WJ O’Reilly and  NM Lyon are the three bowlers who have conceded 175 plus runs on two occasions. The performance of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AA Mailey	32.0×8	00	179	3	4	Eng	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
2	AA Mailey	43.6×8	02	186	4	1	Eng	Melbourne	13 Feb 1925
1	WJ O’Reilly	59.0	09	189	7	1	Eng	Manchester	06 Jul 1934
2	WJ O’Reilly	85.0	26	178	3	1	Eng	The Oval	20 Aug 1938
1	NM Lyon	47.0	01	215	3	2	Ind	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
2	NM Lyon	40.0	03	182	3	1	SAF	Johannesburg	30 Mar 2018