After Jasprit Bumrah's dominant performance on day one, Australia's desperate situation saw Marnus Labuschagne bowl short balls to India's openers on day two. This unexpected move, prompted by Australia's early collapse, highlights the drastic shift in the match's momentum.
If Jasprit Bumrah’s opening-day demolition of Australia ’s batting brought the sublime to this Test match, then the sight of Marnus Labuschagne trying to bounce out India ’s openers, before tea on day two, was the ridiculous.
Talk about Labuschagne’s potential bowling role, including the short-ball tactic at speeds in the mid-130km/h range, had been a minor theme of the lead-up to this series.But the vast scale of Australia’s humbling, from a point where they had India 6-73 on the first afternoon, made Labuschagne the kind of option Pat Cummins was compelled to turn to, if only for two overs ., and it is my honour and duty to be manning today’s blog for day three of the first Test against India in Perth.
I’ll be honest, I thought there was a semi-decent chance I wouldn’t be needed today, such was the way day one went down, with 17 wickets falling. But there were only three yesterday, and they were all Aussie, and now India will resume their second innings on 0-172, leading by 218 runs. Openers are at the crease and will be eager to pile on a little bit more pain, and probably a lot more runs before they have another crack at the Australian line-up.
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