This article discusses the performance of Australian cricketers during a recent Test match in Melbourne. It highlights the impressive debut of Usman Khawaja, the strong showing of Marnus Labuschagne, and the struggles of Travis Head and Cameron Green.
Labuschagne shone with his best match return since the 2023 Ashes, while Khawaja impressed on debut. Head struggled, while Green faces a selection battle. Khawaja , 38, announced his arrival on the international stage with a breathtaking innings of 60 from 65 balls on day one. It was the most exciting debut by an Australia n in years, and will forever be remembered for his stunning ramp shots off Jasprit Bumrah. His aggressive approach set the tone for Australia .
The kid from Sydney’s southern suburbs had the time of his life as he became an MCG crowd favourite. Missed out in the second innings but showed the hype was justified.Made scores of 57 and 21 and soaked up 186 balls across the Test. Would’ve loved to go on and make a century. Khawaja, now 38, ends the calendar year with 415 runs at 25.93. Extra half point for defusing a tense mid-pitch confrontation between Konstas and Virat Kohli. Knocks of 72 and 70 gave Labuschagne his best return in a match since the fourth Test of last year’s Ashes series in Manchester. His second innings was crucial in the context of the match. Seems to be getting a better handle on Bumrah. In Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane, Bumrah had figures of 2-6 against him. In Melbourne, Labuschagne made 29 runs against India’s best bowler without being dismissed.Brought up his 11th Test century against India and 34th all up. His classy innings of 140 set up the game for Australia and showed that he still has much more left to give at the highest level. Locked in now for next year’s Ashes series.Scores of 0 and 1 gave Head his worst return in a Test since a king pair (two golden ducks) against the West Indies earlier this year. Still leading the runs in this series, with 410 at 58.57, and is the only Australian batsman averaging above 40 in the series. Dismissal of Rishabh Pant was crucial, and Head gets an extra half point for the celebration – to do with putting his “spinning finger” in ice.Four runs across two innings (4 and 0) leaves the allrounder in danger of losing his spot for the SCG Test. That’s five single-digit scores in a ro
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