Nathan Lyon ex Mel Waring odd one out Australian cricket WAGs

The estranged partner of Australian cricket star Nathan Lyon has revealed she felt like the odd one out in the WAG rat pack.

Mel Waring, 29, also said she did not recognise the man Lyon had become when he left her for glamorous blonde Perth estate agent, Emma McCarthy.

She said she had struggled with the high expectations of being a cricket WAG and a mother at the same time.

‘I definitely feel like there was a certain expectation to look a certain way and its really hard being the odd one out, and not feeling great about yourself,’ she told the Herald Sun.  

Nathan Lyon and Mel Waring were together for nine years before he left her for a blonde real estate agent

Ms Waring revealed she felt like the odd one out among the Australian cricket WAGs group

Ms Waring revealed she felt like the odd one out among the Australian cricket WAGs group

Emma McCarthy, the blonde who Nathan Lyon is now with, is a real estate agent from Perth

Emma McCarthy, the blonde who Nathan Lyon is now with, is a real estate agent from Perth

‘I will always question how I look and I admire the others for their discipline and hard work they put in.’   

Though she admits she will remain thankful to Lyon for their two daughters, who she describes as her best friends, she said she is yet to come to grips with their relationship breakdown. 

‘He was my first love and it’s hard to understand how you can love someone for nine years and then they become someone you don’t recognise,’ she said.

Ms Waring reflected on her insecurities regarding her post-baby weight.

Ms Waring has since started blogging as a means of coming to terms with the breakdown

Ms Waring has since started blogging as a means of coming to terms with the breakdown

Ms Waring said she no longer recognised the man Lyon became after he left her and the children

Ms Waring said she no longer recognised the man Lyon became after he left her and the children

The mother-of-two says she is back in the gym four times a week and has lost 22kg in six months

The mother-of-two says she is back in the gym four times a week and has lost 22kg in six months

Now, the mother-of-two says she is back in the gym four times a week and has lost 22kg in six months.

She is also considering going back to university. 

Ms Waring previously wrote of how she questioned whether her weight may have led Lyon to leave her for Miss McCarthy.

Ms Waring revealed there were days when she would not do her hair, could not be bothered to shave her legs and spoke of her regrets with questions she will ‘never get the answers to’.

She wrote: ‘Why was I not enough? What did I ever do to him? Was it that I did to much or not enough? Is it because I put on weight? Because sometimes I really couldn’t be bothered shaving my legs or doing my hair? 

Ms Waring started blogging as a means of coming to terms with the breakdown of her nine-year relationship with spin bowler Lyon, 30. 

She said she was going public with her blog, called Life of Lyons, and speaking to media to demonstrate to her children that they could get through anything.  

'I will always question how I look and I admire the others for their discipline and hard work they put in,' Ms Waring said

‘I will always question how I look and I admire the others for their discipline and hard work they put in,’ Ms Waring said

Ms McCarthy and Lyon are said to be in a committed and loving relationship together, a source claims 

Ms McCarthy and Lyon are said to be in a committed and loving relationship together, a source claims 

Lyon, Australia’s most successful off-spin bowler of all time, was pictured passionately kissing his new love in the lead up to the Third Ashes test in Perth in December.

But sources close to the bowler insisted he was in a ‘loving and committed’ relationship with Ms McCarthy after Daily Mail Australia revealed the pair had allegedly been together for a year.

They also said Lyon’s relationship with Ms Waring had run its course some time prior to news emerging of his new girlfriend.

In a blog post this week, Waring admits she felt ‘small, weak and alone’ after Lyon left her.

She says it took months for the realisation of what happened to ‘hit home’.   

Lyon was pictured passionately kissing his new love, Emma McCarthy, in the lead up to the Third Ashes Test

Lyon was pictured passionately kissing his new love, Emma McCarthy, in the lead up to the Third Ashes Test

In a blog post this week, Waring  (centre, black dress) admits she felt 'small, weak and alone' after Lyon left her

In a blog post this week, Waring  (centre, black dress) admits she felt ‘small, weak and alone’ after Lyon left her

 



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