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HomeSportsCricketMarnus out cheaply again as World Test final looms

Marnus out cheaply again as World Test final looms

Australia need Marnus Labuschagne at his nuggety best for the impending World Test Championship final, but their long-time batting rock has missed out on another chance to show he’s really in shape for the Lord’s showdown.

How Labuschagne must have wished he had a day like Derbyshire’s Aussie opener Caleb Jewell, who hit a suitably sparkling unbeaten 152 for his first ever county ton but, instead, he endured a third low score for Glamorgan on Friday.

The 30-year-old former world No.1-ranked player had two matches with his Welsh county to completely nail down his place in the lineup against South Africa next month but he’s now got just one more chance of a morale-boosting big knock after getting dismissed for 23 against Middlesex at Sophia Gardens.

Labuschagne, the 11-time Test centurion, probably has enough runs in the bank to be the preferred man but, back from paternity leave, he would have wished to cement his credentials with the prospect that he, Sam Konstas and Josh Inglis could all be battling for one place at the top of the order.

Once again, coming in at three, he was caught, edging to the slips, after he had never looked completely at home in an uncomfortable 63-minute stay during which he scored four boundaries.

Worryingly, it was the same way he’d been dismissed against Northamptonshire last week when he fell for nought and four.

Labuschagne will then surely feel he missed out as his captain Sam Northeast and Kiran Carlson, the next two in, put on 228 for the fourth wicket with both completing centuries as Glamorgan closed on 7-334.

Camera IconMarnus Labuschagne has missed out on the big score he was looking for in the WTC final build-up. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

Earlier, Labuschagne had handed a Glamorgan county cap to his Test teammate Matt Kuhnemann, who’s also joined them to help spin himself into form with the WTC final approaching.

Beau Webster, another member of the Test squad, was dismissed for just two off 17 balls for Warwickshire amid their struggles against Worcestershire at New Road.

But Webster’s fellow Tasmanian Jewell had a glorious day at Derby’s County Ground, batting all day against Kent for his maiden county century in the division two fixture, ending up at 152 not out off 263 balls, having hit 15 boundaries, with the home side dominating on 2-352.

Content Source: www.perthnow.com.au

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