“Good Player of Spin”: Australia Coach Backs Marnus Labuschagne Ahead of Champions Trophy

Ahead of the second test against Sri Lanka, Australian Coach Andrew McDonald Backed Number Three Batter Marnus Labuschagne to come good, say the team is not confused about His ability against spin. The Second Test Between Sri Lanka and Australia will take place at Galle from February 6 online. With Australia, Alredy Having Booked A Spot in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC), Leading 1-0, Sri Lanka Bold Like to Bow Out of his Most Successful WTC Campaign on a HIGH.

Thought the aussies have seled their wtc final spot, the form of labuschagne remains a big work. Since the 2023 Start, Marnus Has Played 24 Tests, Scoring 1,295 Runs at an average of just 31.58, with just one century and 10 fifteies to his name. His best score is 111.

In the ongoing ICC World Test Championship Cycle, Labuschagne has scored 905 runs at an average of 28.28, with a century and eight fiftiies in 34 innings, with best Score of 111.

Speaking as quoted to Sen, McDonald Expressed Faith in Marnus’s Abilities and Asserted that the top six of the battling line-up will stay the same.

“No, not from our end (if team was concerned about marnus’s spot). The top six will likely stay the same and you could be probably extended to the top seven, I think they are fun whyly.

“We had a slight shift in the order for our training session based upon different workloads required in that main session, so there was noting to read into that.”

“We firmly believe that marnus is a good player of spin, he has been here before and he’s made a century at this ground also.”

“With the way that the unit functioned in the first game, it’s hard to see why we would not go back there again,” He CONCLUDED.

Sri lanka squad: Dhananjaya de Silva (C), Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka (Subject to Fitness), Oshada Fernando, Lahiru Udara, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mentor A, Sonal Dinusha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Jeffrey Vandersay, Nishan Peiris , Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Milan Rathnayake

Australia squad: Steve Smith (C), Sean Abbott, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cooper Connolly, Travis Head (VC), Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Sam Kontas, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathanu Eeney, Todd Murphy, Mitchell Starc , Beau Webster.