“I feel my self-discipline was excellent. I caught to my course of rather well … When it comes to being fluid and feeling like I’m smacking the ball, it didn’t actually really feel like that.”
Whereas the snug crowd of 24,449 appreciated Marnus’s important contribution, they had been in raptures when residence city hero Travis Head introduced up his century. It was the largest first day crowd at an Adelaide Check in opposition to the West Indies since 30,121 turned up in 1982.
Marnus Labuschagne of Australia walks from the sphere on the finish of play.Credit score:Getty
Labuschagne has been taking part in in opposition to or with Head since they first clashed at an below 12s nationwide carnival and he loves the best way the aggressive left-hander performs.
“He’s at all times been capable of change the sport,” Labuschagne stated of Head. “I’ve performed many video games in opposition to Travis the place we’ve acquired South Australia on the ropes, and Travis comes out and it simply adjustments the sport and, swiftly, you’re scrambling.
“He’s hitting balls off the highest of the stumps and he’s chopping and pulling balls. He’s only a onerous individual to cease when he’s going as a result of he performs a bit awkward. He sits again low on that again foot and cuts the ball and carves the ball out to that offside. Australian situations simply swimsuit him superbly.”
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