Exposed! Marnus Labuschagne has no answer to left-arm pace

NEW DELHI: Australia’s premier batter Marnus Labuschagne erstwhile again faltered against a left-arm pacer, with his vulnerability laid bare successful the World Test Championship last against South Africa astatine Lord's.Labuschagne, who was promoted to unfastened the innings for the archetypal clip successful his Test vocation by skipper Pat Cummins for the high-stakes encounter, failed to marque an impact.

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He was dismissed for 17 by South Africa’s left-arm seamer Marco Jansen, who bowled from astir the wicket and delivered a bully magnitude ball. Labuschagne, with tentative footwork, attempted a antiaircraft prod but lone managed to borderline it to the wicketkeeper.Since 2022, Labuschagne has struggled notably against left-arm gait successful the longest format.

In that period, helium has faced 271 balls from left-arm quicks, scoring conscionable 104 runs and getting retired six times — with fractional of those dismissals coming to deliveries bowled from some implicit and astir the wicket.Earlier, South Africa skipper Temba Bavuma won the flip and opted to vessel archetypal successful conditions that were expected to favour the accelerated bowlers."We'll person a vessel first," said Bavuma astatine the toss. "The aboveground looks a bully one, with coagulated overhead conditions.

"I'm happy. It's excessively precocious present for thing else. We've selected the champion squad for the conditions."

"It's (a) monolithic (occasion). I deliberation each of america person immoderate benignant of allegiance to Lord's. It should beryllium a spectacle of a game."Australia skipper Pat Cummins was unfazed by being enactment successful to bat."There's a fewer clouds but that's not antithetic for England," helium said. "It's adust and mightiness crook aboriginal successful the match."I don't deliberation there's immoderate other unit (as defending champions). We've been present earlier and won it. This week is astir enjoying it."