Marnus Labuschagne is a South African born, Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian cricket team in Tests and ODIs as a batter.
36 Facts About Marnus Labuschagne
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Marnus Labuschagne plays domestically for Queensland in Australian domestic cricket, Glamorgan in county cricket and for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League.
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Marnus Labuschagne was the leading run-scorer in Test matches in 2019.
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Marnus Labuschagne rose to fourth place in the ICC Player Rankings during the year, a rise of 106 places.
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In January 2020, Marnus Labuschagne was named as the ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council, in February as Australia's Test player of the year, and in April as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
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Marnus Labuschagne was born in Klerksdorp, in South Africa's North West province, to South African parents.
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Marnus Labuschagne's family emigrated to Australia in 2004 when he was 10, after his father gained work in the mining industry, and Labuschagne attended school at Brisbane State High School.
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Marnus Labuschagne grew up speaking Afrikaans, and only became fluent in English after moving to Australia.
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Marnus Labuschagne spent 2013 playing club cricket in England for Plymouth in the Devon Premier League and played for Sandwich Town Cricket Club in the Kent Premier League in 2014, scoring prolifically for both sides.
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Marnus Labuschagne made his List A debut for Queensland in the 2015 One-Day Cup in October 2015 and scored his maiden first-class century in the following month, making 112 runs in his eighth Sheffield Shield match.
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Marnus Labuschagne scored 273 runs at a batting average of 45 in the 2016 One-Day Cup and was named player of the tournament.
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Marnus Labuschagne dived to field a ball in the covers, and although he failed to stop the ball he feigned throwing to the wicket-keeper.
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Marnus Labuschagne made 1,114 runs in his first County Championship season, including three centuries in his first four first-class matches - one of which was a then career-best 182 against Sussex in a Glamorgan record second-wicket partnership of 291.
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Marnus Labuschagne was the second-highest scorer in the Second Division of the County Championship, despite only playing in ten matches, and topped Glamorgan's batting averages with an average of 61.89 runs per innings.
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Marnus Labuschagne took 19 wickets with a bowling average of 38.11.
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In June 2020, Marnus Labuschagne's contract was extended for an extra season following the disruption of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Marnus Labuschagne made his Test debut for Australia against Pakistan on 7 October 2018, scoring a two-ball duck in his first innings and 13 runs in his second.
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Marnus Labuschagne had his baggy green cap presented by Michael Hussey.
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Marnus Labuschagne was named in the Australian One Day International squad in December 2018 ahead of the team's tour of India the following year before he was surprisingly added to the Australian Test squad for the fourth Test match against the touring Indians at the start of the year.
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Marnus Labuschagne was selected to bat at number three in the batting order, a decision which was "heavily criticised" at the time.
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Marnus Labuschagne scored 38 runs in his only innings and was retained in the side for the two Tests against Sri Lanka at the end of the summer.
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Marnus Labuschagne went on to score 59 runs, the highest in the Australian second innings, and was selected for the third Test in Smith's absence, top-scoring in both Australian innings, batting in a style which was described as "exceptionally doughty, brave and intelligent batting".
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Marnus Labuschagne retained his place in the Australian side for the visit of Pakistan the following summer, scoring 185, his maiden Test century, at the Gabba.
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Marnus Labuschagne finished 2019 as the year's highest Test match run-scorer, having made 975 of his 1,104 Test runs in the year after his appearance as a concussion substitute in August.
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In December 2019, Marnus Labuschagne was named in Australia's ODI squad for their 2020 tour of India.
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Marnus Labuschagne played the remaining two ODIs of the series, scoring a maiden ODI half-century in the third match.
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On 16 July 2020, Marnus Labuschagne was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Marnus Labuschagne included in the touring party.
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In February 2022, Marnus Labuschagne was named in Australia's Twenty20 International squad for their one-off match against Pakistan.
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Marnus Labuschagne made his T20I debut on 5 April 2022, for Australia against Pakistan.
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In December 2022, on West Indies tour of Australia, Marnus Labuschagne achieved the 3000-run landmark and became the joint second-fastest batter to achieve this feat.
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Marnus Labuschagne took 51 innings to accomplished the landmark, equalling with West Indies's batter Everton Weekes.
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Marnus Labuschagne was brought up in a Christian household and committed to the faith aged 17.
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Marnus Labuschagne has a strong love for coffee, having completed a barista course at the age of 21.
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Marnus Labuschagne has been known to take his commercial grade coffee machine away on tour with the Australian Cricket Team.
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Away from the field, Marnus Labuschagne has been known to hone his batting skills with home-made games in his backyard.