Marnus labuschagne

‘If anyone finds it, there’s a free bat or 10 awaiting them’: Marnus Labuschagne on the item he most regrets losing. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images ‘If anyone finds it, there’s a free bat or 10 awaiting them’: Marnus Labuschagne on the item he most regrets losing. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images I f you turned on the telly over the weekend, you might have seen Marnus Labuschagne facing off against South Africa in the first of a three-Test series. (Australia may have won but it was The 28-year-old has risen to become one of the new stars of Australian cricket, first making the team in late 2018, proving himself as Steve Smith’s understudy at the 2019 Ashes and famously achieving a whopping 215 against New Zealand in 2020. He’s now a fixture at the top of the batting order. Cricket has been a lifelong pursuit for Labuschagne, who has been in the nets since his under-12s days. So getting his own baggy green was, understandably, a very big moment. Four and a bit years on, he has never washed the cap. Here, Labuschagne tells us why that hat feels irreplaceable – even if technically it is not – as well as the story of two other important personal belongings. What I’d save from my house in fire For me, the one thing in my house that isn’t replaceable is my baggy green. Sure, you could call up Cricket Australia and get them to stitch up a new one, but that baggy green would never be the same. It is irreplaceable. It’s the one I’ve worn with pride every Test in the most ...

Smith gained place in the latest rankings, while head Head jumped three places to occupy the third spot. The last time three batters from the same side occupied the top three positions in the Test rankings was in December 1984 when Smith and Head were the third and fourth highest-scorer for Australia in the WTC 2021-23 cycle behind Marnus Labuschagne (1,576 runs in 20 matches at an average of 52.53, with five centuries and five fifties) and The last time three batters from the same side occupied the top three positions in the More In 20 matches, Smith scored 1,407 runs at an average of 52.11. He scored four centuries and six fifties in the cycle, with the best score of 200*. He was the fifth-highest scorer in the recently-concluded WTC cycle. Listen to the Head also turned many eyes towards him with his attacking batting style and his consistency despite the high-risk batting approach. In 18 matches, he scored 1,389 runs at an average of 55.56. Head scored four centuries and six fifties, with the best score of 175. He ended as the sixth-highest scorer in the cycle.

Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s vs England 2019-2022 9 16 1 688 103 45.86 1389 49.53 1 6 0 83 2 vs India 2019-2023 10 19 2 775 108 45.58 1741 44.51 1 3 0 94 0 vs New Zealand 2019-2020 3 6 0 549 215 91.50 940 58.40 2 3 0 49 3 vs Pakistan 2018-2022 7 11 0 598 185 54.36 946 63.21 2 1 3 71 2 vs South Africa 2022-2023 3 4 1 109 79 36.33 226 48.23 0 1 0 17 0 vs Sri Lanka 2019-2022 4 6 0 240 104 40.00 418 57.41 1 1 0 21 0 vs West Indies 2022-2022 2 4 1 502 204 167.33 788 63.70 3 0 0 50 3 Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s in Australia 2019-2023 22 37 3 2397 215 70.50 4297 55.78 9 9 0 249 8 in England 2019-2023 5 9 0 420 80 46.66 880 47.72 0 4 0 56 0 in India 2023-2023 4 8 2 244 63* 40.66 608 40.13 0 1 0 34 0 in Pakistan 2022-2022 3 5 0 170 90 34.00 276 61.59 0 1 2 23 1 in Sri Lanka 2022-2022 2 3 0 149 104 49.66 234 63.67 1 0 0 17 0 in U.A.E. 2018-2018 2 4 0 81 43 20.25 153 52.94 0 0 1 6 1 Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s year 2018 2 4 0 81 43 20.25 153 52.94 0 0 1 6 1 year 2019 11 17 0 1104 185 64.94 1991 55.44 3 7 0 129 2 year 2020 3 6 0 403 215 67.16 747 53.94 1 1 0 34 1 year 2021 5 9 1 526 108 65.75 1072 49.06 2 4 0 54 2 year 2022 11 19 2 957 204 56.29 1538 62.22 4 1 2 108 4 year 2023 6 11 2 390 79 43.33 947 41.18 0 2 0 54 0 Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s season 2018/19 5 8 0 210 81 26.25 432 48.61 0 1 1 17 1 season 2019 4 7 0 353 80 50.42 692 51.01 0 4 0 49 0 season 2019/20 5 8 0 896 215 112.00 1457 61.49 ...

June 11, 2023 | 02:05 pm 2 min read Marnus Labuschagne averages 45.86 in The Ashes (Source: Twitter/@ICC) England are Australia are set to face off in what is hailed as cricket's oldest rivalry, The five-Test series gets underway on June 16 with England being the hosts this time around. Several prominent stars will be on display including He has some fine memories in England. Here we decode his stats in Ashes. Rise in Ashes 2019 Though Labuschagne made his Test debut in October 2018, it was Ashes 2019 which truly saw his rise at the highest level. The second Test at the Lord's witnessed him become the first-ever concussion substitute in international cricket as he replaced The young batter brilliantly utilized the opportunity and smoked a 100-ball 59 in Australia's second innings. His returns in Ashes 2019 Labuschagne did not look back after the Lord's Test as he cemented his place in the XI. He finished Ashes 2019 with 353 runs in seven innings at 50.43. The batter smoked the joint-most fifties in that series (4). Only Smith (774) smothered more runs among Australians in that series. Overall, Labuschagne finished the series as the fourth-highest run-getter. Second-most runs in 2021-22 Ashes Labuschagne extended his love affair with England bowlers in the 2021-22 Ashes, which hosts Australia clinched 4-0. The batter was among the runs throughout the series as he hammered 335 runs at a decent average of 41.88. The tally includes two fifties and a solitary ton. Only Labuscha...

Marnus Labuschagne was born in Klerksdorp, a relatively obscure city in South Africa. He moved to Australia with his father in 2004, when he was 10, after his Dad had secured a job in the mining business. He grew up speaking Afrikaans, which was his mothertongue, and learned English after he started attending school in Brisbane. He pursued cricket in school and attended the Australian Institute of sport, and went on to be selected in the Queensland U-15 side, and subsequently the U-17 and U-19 sides, on account of his consistent performances with the bat in junior cricket. Labuschagne made his first-class debut at the historic Adelaide Oval in the 2014-15 Shieffield Shield as a 20-year-old and became an immediate benefactor for his team, scoring 83 in his first innings. His debut innings was one beyond his age given that he watched Chadd Sayers take a hat-trick from the non-striker's end, and rebuilt the innings with a 99-run fourth wicket stand with Nick Stevens, setting the base for the middle-order to score 443 runs. Although Queensland went on to lose the game and Labuschagne made a duck in the second innings, his contribution under pressure in the first innings was noted by the selectors, and he has remained a member of the side for the last 4 seasons. He continued to grow as a batsman, stroking his way to two centuries in the Sheffield Shield in the 2015-16 season. He did have an off-season, and his average does not reflect his potential as a player, but with an upwa...