Fast bowling trio Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood have all been rested as expected after a gruelling three-game tour of South Africa were seam bowlers took on a heavy workload.
The three are also skipping Australia's eight-game white ball series at home to England and are expected to link up with New South Wales ahead of their Round 5 game at home to Queensland on November 22, which could act as a suitable warm-up for the Tests.
Lyon bowled just 109 overs across the entire tour of South Africa, having been left out of the second Test in Gqeberha entirely in favour of Scott Boland, and is expected to feature prominently in all four home Tests against New Zealand starting December 9, as none of them have been chosen to be pink ball day-night Tests.
The 39-year-old last represented NSW in the mid-November round of last season's Shield season, when he took 12 wickets from four matches at an average of 34.00.
The only other change to the Nic Maddinson-led NSW side sees Jack Edwards drop out after he was called up to Australia's ODI team to take on England this week.
The Blues are second-last on the Sheffield Shield table with two draws and one defeat after three rounds, whilst defending champions South Australia are fourth with one win and two losses.
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