Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne has had to devise an innovative way to get some practice and stay busy with cricket currently shut down due ...
Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne has had to devise an innovative way to get some practice and stay busy with cricket currently shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic and is facing throwdowns with a taped-up tennis ball.
The 25-year-old has shown his penchant for batting for long durations during his nascent test career and was named as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year for a brilliant 2019.Labuschagne made an inauspicious start to his test career in late 2018 but made the most of a late call-up in last year's Ashes series to cement a place in the test side.
"I'm playing a little bit of tennis, where it's allowed with the isolation rules, to get my fitness in. And I'm doing gym, so there's a lot of stuff to stay on top of." He then smashed 896 runs in five tests against Pakistan and New Zealand over the Australian summer and is currently third in the International Cricket Council's test rankings behind Smith and India captain Virat Kohli.The break from cricket has given him the time to reflect on what he has achieved in the past year but he cannot wait to start playing cricket again.
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