South Africa vs Australia: Heinrich Klaasen leads hosts to 3-0 whitewash victory
Cricket | March 07, 2020 23:06 ISTHeinrich Klaasen produced another impressive batting display to steer South Africa to a 3-0 whitewash victory over Australia.
Heinrich Klaasen produced another impressive batting display to steer South Africa to a 3-0 whitewash victory over Australia.
Tendulkar, who had visited Australia last week for the Bushfire Bash game, praised Marnus' footwork and his batting style while hailing him as a special talent.
Sachin Tendulkar took Marnus Labuschagne's name when asked about who he thinks comes closest to resembling him at his prime.
ICC took part in the Facebook, Tinder, Instagram, LinkedIN challenge and posted photos of Steve Smith and Cheteshwar Pujara.
Both Smith and Labuschagne will play in the Big Bash League (BBL) now for Sydney Sixers and Brisbane Heat and the two will square off on Thursday when their teams cross swords.
Virat Kohli was confident that an experienced side like theirs would pull off a tricky run-chase even in absence of an injured Shikhar Dhawan.
BCCI hailed Virat Kohli as 'Superman' for his stunner that ended Marnus Labuschagne's gritty knock in 3rd ODI
Smith advised the 22-year-old Labuschagne to stay grounded after his meteoric rise in international cricket.
Steve Smith has an impressive average of 52.72 while batting at No.3 than at No.4 where he averages just 35.61.
Labuschagne will make his ODI debut in the three-game series against India and he is willing to grab Smith's batting position, one where the former skipper appeared 56 times in the format - third only to Ricky Ponting (339) and Dean Jones (131) - while scoring seven of his eight ODI tons.
Marnus Labuschagne has rocketed up to third in the ICC Test batting rankings on the back of an Australian record 896 runs across five Test matches.
Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne has said that he looks up to the likes of Virat Kohli to become a consistent all-format player.
Virat Kohli stays at the top of the rankings, and Marnus Labuschagne jumped a place to reach 3rd in the latest Test rankings.
Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne has named India the toughest place to travel on a cricket assignment.
Labuschagne also emerged as the leading run-getter in the three-match rubber, amassing 275 runs from four innings with an impressive average of 68.75.
Labuschagne scored 215 off 363 balls, with 19 boundaries and a six, before his epic innings was ended amidst a late order collapse by the hosts to be all out for 454 by tea on Saturday.
The world’s fourth-ranked batsman has scored 837 runs in five matches, including four centuries, this summer at an incredible average of 119.6.
Labuschagne took 346 balls to breach the 200-run mark in which he slammed 19 fours and a six.
In a short span of time, Marnus Labuschagne has made himself an indispensable member of Australia's Test squad.
Lanuschange, who only a few months back was called up as a concussion substitute for Smith, has once again scored a century, the first for this decade, en route to his unbeaten 130 on day 1 of the third Test against New Zealand
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