WTC Final: Marnus Labuschagne lauds test Format, urges all nations to take it seriously

Australian cricketer Marnus Labuschagne expressed his optimism astir Test cricket's aboriginal up of the World Test Championship last against South Africa astatine Lord's connected Wednesday. The 30-year-old, who was portion of Australia's maiden WTC triumph against India successful 2023, emphasized the value of countries producing prime players to support the format's tradition.Labuschagne shared his thoughts connected the World Test Championship format and its interaction connected the game's competitiveness.

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"It is an breathtaking tournament. It means each Test you play has thing connected it, it brings each the countries into play, and anyone tin marque the final. You're playing for a trophy astatine the extremity of a two-year cycle. I deliberation it has worked great. Two years ago, erstwhile we bushed India, it was awesome. I'm looking astatine it from a player's perspective, and it looks similar the crippled is successful a large place," helium said.

The Australian batter highlighted the relation of large cricket nations successful sustaining Test cricket's popularity."Every clip Test cricket is on, radical privation to ticker it. India, Australia and England are astir apt carrying a spot of the load of Test cricket, but we truly privation to spot each the countries support producing large players and being portion of upholding specified an astonishing contented of Test cricket," helium added.Quiz: Who's that IPL player?Labuschagne's Test vocation began notably astatine Lord's successful 2019, wherever helium became cricket's archetypal concussion substitute.

His vocation flourished afterward, achieving an awesome mean of 63.43 aft 14 Tests and reaching the apical spot successful ICC Test rankings for six months starting December 2021.The South African-born cricketer besides discussed his long-standing narration with his club."I emotion playing with the guys here; they are adjacent friends, and I emotion the situation astatine the club. The payment of having a narration with the nine for six years is that you person the perks of being capable to telephone the manager of cricket and say: This is what it looks like, is determination a accidental we tin enactment this up?" helium said.He further emphasized the advantages of his committedness to the club."Without that relationship, determination mightiness beryllium immoderate hesitancy, oregon you mightiness not get idiosyncratic successful for 2 games. But that's the payment of the semipermanent committedness I person shown implicit the past six years," helium added.