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"You have to show faith in champion players": Ricky Ponting backs Marnus L
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Ahead of the pink ball Test between Australia and India, ICC Hall of Famer Ricky Ponting backed the right-hand batter Marnus Labuschagne despite a disappointing performance in the Perth Test and asked him to change his style of batting in order to come back to form in the ongoing Border-Gava
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"Really got to find a way...": Ponting stresses need for Labuschagne to re
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Labuschagne, who has been a critical player for Australia, has seen his Test average dip significantly since his twin half-centuries against Pakistan in January. In the recent Perth Test, he managed scores of just two and three in his two innings. Labuschagne, who has been a critical player
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"Virat went back to trusting his game....": Ponting on star batter's Perth
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
After a terrible home Test season against Bangladesh and New Zealand, with horrific outings against the Kiwis in a losing cause, Virat rose above all critics, questioning and doubts with yet another magnificent ton at Perth's Optus Stadium. With this century, he shattered many records as
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"The biggest difference I've noticed.....": Hussey's advice to Labuschagne
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Labuschagne's horror run in Tests continued at Perth's Optus Stadium against India. In the first innings, Labuschagne had a block-a-thon as he could score just two runs in 52 balls. In the next innings, he made just three runs. Australia lost the Test by 295 runs, and Labuschagne's form came
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Labuschagne urged to take bold approach against India's pace attack
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Marnus Labuschagne has been encouraged to adopt a more aggressive strategy against India's formidable pace attack, with coach Andrew McDonald affirming that the underperforming batter is still "the player we need" at the critical No.3 position, according to cricket.com.au.
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"A year in the making...": Australian team faces ruthless media at home fo
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
India was heading into the series after a humiliating 0-3 series loss to New Zealand at home, their first home Test series loss in 12 years and first-ever whitewash at home in a Test series of three or more matches. With the famed Indian line-up consisting of headliners like India batter Vir
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"At his best, he is one of scariest for bowlers": Cummins backs Marnus fol
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Cummins, the skipper who silenced billions of Indians across the world following a World Cup final win against India last year, got the taste of his own medicine from another fast-bowling captain Jasprit Bumrah as India humbled the 2023 World Test Championship title holders by 295 runs at Pe
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Labuschagne plays slowest Test knock for Australia, continues poor run in
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Labuschagne registered this unfortunate record during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India at Perth's Optus Stadium on Friday.
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Will struggling Labuschagne re-discover his mojo at Perth against India?
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The 30-year-old Labuschagne has not been in the best of form as of late. Since his side's ICC World Test Championship win in 2023 against India in July, Marnus has gone on to display an average run of form during the next WTC cycle, having made just 653 runs in 12 matches, averaging a sub-pa
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India will be bit low on confidence: Aussie batter Labuschagne ahead of BG
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The series is extremely crucial for both sides' ICC World Test Championship final chances. While the Aussies will be aiming to get a good start in their bid to prevent a hat-trick of series losses to India at home, the visitors would also be charged up after a humiliating whitewash series lo
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Labuschagne wants Australia to pull off a 'Pujara' against India by battin
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Just putting things in perspective, Pujara played 1,258 balls on the 2018-19 tour to Australia and 928 deliveries during the 2020-21 series, scoring 521 runs and 271 runs respectively. Across both series. Only Labuschagne (850 balls) and Steve Smith (684 balls) could touch 600-plus balls, w
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Australian starts practice session ahead of 1st Test against India
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The official handle of Australian men's cricket took to Instagram, posting some pictures from the practice session. Newly included uncapped opener Nathan McSweeney, Travis Head, pacer Mitchell Starc, spinner Nathan Lyon, batter Marnus Labuschagne, skipper Pat Cummins and Steve Smith were
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