Marnus Labuschagne Biography

Marnus Labuschagne is an Australian international cricket player who was born on June 22, 1994. He plays as a bowler for the Australian cricket team in Tests and ODIs. In Australian state cricket, he plays for Queensland. In county cricket, he plays for Glamorgan. He plays for Brisbane Heat. Labuschagne is at the top of the ICC Test-hitting rankings as of February 2023.

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History and Background of Marnus Labuschagne:

Labuschagne was born to South African parents in Klerksdorp, which is in the North West state of South Africa. After his father got a job in the mining business, his family moved to Australia when he was 10 years old. Labuschagne went to school at Brisbane State High School. He learned Afrikaans as a child and didn’t learn English until he moved to Australia. In 2021, he said that he worked as a Hot Spot infrared camera operator for Channel 9 at The Gabba in Brisbane in November 2010 and saw Peter Siddle score a hat-trick on his 26th birthday during the 2010–11 Ashes series.

Domestic career:

Labuschagne is a right-handed batter who has played for Queensland at the under-12, under-15, under-17, and under-19 levels. He was also the captain of the under-19 team at the 2012–13 National Championships. He plays for the Easts-Redlands District Cricket Club in the Brisbane Grade Cricket League. In England, he played club cricket for Plymouth in the Devon Premier League in 2013. He played for Sandwich Town Cricket Club in the Kent Premier League and scored a lot of runs for both teams.

In September 2017, during a match between Queensland and Cricket Australia XI in the 2017 One-Day Cup, he was the first player to get a penalty under a new law that was made to stop fielders from tricking batters. Labuschagne dove to catch a ball in the covers, but he didn’t catch it. He pretended to throw the ball to the wicketkeeper, even though he didn’t. Five runs were taken away from his team.

County cricket

Labuschagne signed a contract with Glamorgan County Cricket Club in April 2019 for the 2019 English cricket season. He scored 1,114 runs in his first County Championship season, including three centuries in his first four first-class matches, one of which was a career-best 182 against Sussex as part of a Glamorgan record second-wicket partnership of 291.

Labuschagne’s deal was extended for an extra season in June 2020. This was because the COVID-19 pandemic messed up the 2020 season.

International career:

In September 2018, he was put on Australia’s Test team for a series against Pakistan. On October 7, 2018, he played his first Test match for Australia against Pakistan. In his first game, he made no runs (a “two-ball duck”) and in his second, he made 13 runs. He also had two wickets in his first game. Michael Hussey gave him his green cap with a hole in it. In the second Test, he got another five wickets and scored 25 and 43, which were Australia’s highest scores in their second innings.

2018–19: Sri Lanka and India visit Australia

Marnus was added to the Australian One-Day International squad in December 2018 for the team’s tour of India the following year. Then, to everyone’s surprise, he was added to the Australian Test squad for the fourth Test match against the visiting Indians at the beginning of the following year. At the time, the move to put him at number three in the batting order was “heavily criticized.” He batted once and got 38 runs. At the end of the summer, the team kept him on for the two Tests against Sri Lanka.

2019 Ashes in England

After a good start to the county cricket season with Glamorgan, he was added to Australia’s team for the 2019 Ashes series in England. Labuschagne substituted Steve Smith on day five of the second Test on August 18, 2019, because Smith had gotten a concussion the day before. Labuschagne was the first player to be a concussion substitute in a Test match after the International Cricket Council (ICC) changed its rules.

New Zealand in Australia 2020

After the Test series, New Zealand went back to Australia. There are games planned for March 13, 15, and 20, 2020. Australia won the first match by a score of 71 runs, with Labuschagne making 56. But because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the second and third matches were called off before a single ball was played.

Labuschagne was put on Australia’s Twenty20 International (T20I) team in February 2022 for a one-off game against Pakistan. On April 5, 2022, he played his first T20I for Australia against Pakistan.

Personal life:

On May 26, 2017, Labuschagne married his wife, Rebekah. On September 20, 2022, their first child, a girl named Hallie, was born. They have a chocolate Labrador named “Milo” who has been seen playing cricket in the garden on Labuschagne’s Instagram.

Labuschagne was raised in a Christian home and became a Christian at age 17. Labuschagne says this about his faith: “Sport is a fickle game, and accidents are a big part of it. In the big picture, what you are worth and where you put your value isn’t on the ground; it’s inside you and in Christ. Cricket is always going to be up and down, but having Jesus Christ as a constant in your life makes things a lot easier.

Test Records:

Labuschagne hit 3,000 runs in December 2022, while the West Indies were on a tour of Australia. He was the joint second-fastest bowler to do this. He reached the milestone in 51 games, the same as Everton Weekes of the West Indies.

Batting and Bowling Stats:

Marnus Labuschagne Batting Career Summary

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	200	50	4s	6s
Test	38	66	5	3461	215	56.74	6448	53.68	10	2	15	385	10
ODI	30	28	1	847	108	31.37	1018	83.2	1	0	6	52	2
T20I	1	1	0	2	2	2.0	4	50.0	0	0	0	0	0

Bowling Career Summary

	M	Inn	B	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Econ	Avg	SR	5W	10W
Test	38	40	1187	735	13	3/45	5/119	3.73	56.54	91.31	0	0
ODI	30	9	185	197	2	2/19	2/19	6.39	98.5	92.5	0	0
T20I	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–