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The knives are out for Marnus Labuschagne after a costly failure against India on Sunday night pushed his place in the Test side further into the spotlight. Australia’s No.3 was relieved of some pressure to start the unlikely chase when captain Pat Cummins arrived as nightwatchman following debutant opener Nathan McSweeney’s four-ball duck. But the skipper didn’t last and neither did Labuschagne, dismissed lbw without offering a shot on just his fifth ball.
” Labuschagne is just one Test removed from scoring a first-innings 90 in a win over New Zealand. But that is a blip among eight scores of 10 or under in his past 10 completed innings. Australian players’ painfully thin red-ball schedule has made it all the more difficult for struggling batsmen to build any confidence — yet Labuschagne entered the home summer having scored two centuries and averaging 58.50 from four English county matches. “He’s been his normal self.
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