Marnus Labuschagne confirms he is fit for Boxing Day Test

Labuschagne needed to search medical consideration after being hit on the correct hand by debutant Pakistan pacer Khurram Shahzad within the second innings of the primary Check. All-rounder Cameron Inexperienced, who was dropped in favor of Mitchell Marsh, texted greatest needs to Labuschagne earlier than the batter went in for a scan.

Chatting with reporters on Monday, although, Labuschagne joked that he advised Inexperienced to not have excessive hopes of enjoying the subsequent Check.

“He simply mentioned, ‘I hope all of it goes properly, good luck’. I simply mentioned, ‘It’s not going to make a distinction, mate. It’s going to must take one thing fairly critical to have me miss a sport.”

Labuschagne was not the one batter to endure bruises through the Perth Check because the pitch performed some methods and put batters in bother. Marsh, Steve Smith and Usman Khawaja additionally took some blows, whereas Pakistan have been rolled over for 89 of their second innings.

“Uz (Khawaja) appears nice and Steve is all good. It was brutal there on the finish with the cracks opening up. We’re all used to the bounce, performed rather a lot right here and a few of us have good information in Perth. However nobody likes batting when it is up and down [and] sharp steep bounce on a quick wicket. That is not your cup of tea, however you simply must discover a method when it is like that,” Labuschagne asserted in regards to the health of gamers within the Australian squad.

In reality, the entire Australia’s gamers have been declared match for the Boxing Day Check on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG), which begins on December 26. The hosts are prone to go in with the identical enjoying XI for the second Check as properly.

The Australian batter additionally didn’t learn an excessive amount of into the Perth floor which got here underneath the scanner for its habits. However, he opined that enjoying a subcontinent staff on such a bouncy floor is an enormous benefit.

“The bounce on Day 1, 2 and three the wicket regarded fairly good, good tempo, let the ball go, it was truly fairly robust to get you out, since you actually solely have the surface edge in play. It is robust to get LBs, robust to get bowled. So yeah, it’s a huge benefit,” Labuschagne admitted.

–By A Cricket Correspondent