WATCH: Marnus Labuschagne appeals hilariously against Henry Nicholls in Perth Test

Dixit Bhargav | 13/12/2019
WATCH: Marnus Labuschagne appeals hilariously against Henry Nicholls in Perth Test

Marnus Labuschagne appeals hilariously against Henry Nicholls: The Australian all-rounder was “100%” confident of the faintest nick.

During the second day of the first Test of the ongoing New Zealand’s tour of Australia in Perth, Australia all-rounder Marnus Labuschagne appeared absolutely confident of his team dismissing New Zealand batsman Henry Nicholls.

It all happened on the last delivery of the 27th over when Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc beat Nicholls outside the off-stump. With the ball dashing past Nicholls’ outside edge, no one but short-leg fielder Marnus Labuschagne put on display a full-throated appeal against the batsman.

With the umpire ruling the decision in the batsman’s favour, Labuschagne couldn’t believe that the batsman survived. “I 100% heard the faintest nick,” Labuschagne was heard saying on the stump mic after the umpire made his decision.

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“Did you hear that,” Labuschagne then asked another Australian player to be in disagreement with the umpire’s decision.

Having survived against Starc here, Nicholls eventually edged a Starc delivery in his following over albeit down the leg-side. Coming in to bat at No. 5 in the 23rd over, Nicholls ended up scoring 7 (18).

After Australia captain Tim Paine won the toss and chose to bat yesterday, the home team scored 416/10 in 146.2 overs. Labuschagne, who scored his third Test century on Day 1, scored 143 (240) with the help of 18 fours and a six to top-score for Australia.

Having scored 109/5 in 32 overs at Stumps on Day 2, New Zealand are trailing by 307 runs with veteran batsman Ross Taylor (66 not out) and wicket-keeper batsman BJ Watling (0 not out) batting in the middle.

Marnus Labuschagne appeals hilariously against Henry Nicholls

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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