Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Will struggling Marnus Labuschagne re-discover his mojo at Perth?
Australia prepares to take on India during the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series at Perth's Optus Stadium, a batter extremely crucial in deciding the match would be the Aussie number three Marnus Labuschagne, currently ranked at number 10 in Test rankings and considered as the glue of the batting line-up along with Steve Smith, keeping an attacking, high on intensity unit together.
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-par 29.68, with a century and five fifties in 24 innings, with best score of 111.
His century came against arch-rivals England during the Ashes at Manchester in July, more than an year ago.
Since his last Test century, Labuschagne has featured in eight Tests, scoring 347 runs in 16 innings, averaging a disappointing 24.78, with just four fifties to his name, with his best score being 90 against New Zealand at Christchurch this year.
This run of form is disappointing for someone who was the third-highest run-getter during the WTC 2021-23 cycle, with 1,576 runs in 20 matches, averaging over 52, with five centuries and fifties each to his name in 35 innings, with the best score of 204.
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