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Marnus Labuschagne on course to be Australia greatest test match batsman

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Ali TT

International Captain
Nintendo said:
Ohh ****, my bad on that. Didn't include Neutral venues. That comparison is probably fair given he was a 30 average shield bat at that point, but you can make the same argument for kohli and Kane early career.

FYI, I agree with you on the whole, I think he'll end up at 46-48 average batsmen by the time he's done.
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His career is following a similar trajectory to Jonathan Trott's, who averaged 50 after 43 tests but was already on the decline from averaging up in the 60s at one point to eventually just 44 when his test career ended 9 tests later.

Not saying Marnus will be done in a few tests time and Trott obviously had issues to contend with that Marnus doesn't (as far as we know) but even quite a short poor run can significantly dent a test average after only 40 tests.
 
Isura

Isura

U19 Captain
OverratedSanity said:
lol. Marnus wishes he was close to as good as Pujara.
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Not pure skill wise. But both were treated as untouchable for a long time without a lot of merit on recent form (although maybe India had deeper batting depth at the time so replacement was more correct).
 
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kevinw

International Debutant
Definitely at a crossroads. Last two years he's averaging a Ramps. He's only 30 and there are few decent batters coming through so I'd be amazed if Oz jettisoned him despite low returns.
 
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Qlder

International Vice-Captain
Interesting that Labushagne's career peaked averaging an exceptional 60.82 after 30 Tests, but in his next 28 Tests his average halved to a very mediocre 30.30

30 Tests, 3041 runs @ 60.82, 10 tons, 13 50's

28 Tests, 1394 runs @ 30.30, 1 ton, 10 50's
 
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Nintendo

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Line and Length said:
At his best, Marnus still had more than his share of luck. That luck has run out.
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Can we stop using the luck excuse? His luck had regressed (marnus's catch% was 48; meaning only 48 of 100 catches that could be taken off him where, compared to the world average of 80, his has been 80 as well the last 2-3 years). If he was extremely unlucky in that first and all of the catches possible off him where taken he still would have averaged 46. He's now averaging 30 despite being "luckier" than that peak lowball number. Teams are clearly doing something different that's not just luck.
 
Johan

Johan

International Coach
I think he is just a case of small purple patch followed by reality, his luck coincided with the purple patch but he always made truckloads of runs against poor or ill-equipped lineups for Australia, even at his peak.
 
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kevinw

International Debutant
I wonder whether Marnus would have had much of a test career had it not been for Jofra Archer.
 
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