Jofra Archer bouncer to Marnus Labuschagne: Watch Archer’s ferocious bouncer hits Labuschagne in the helmet

Dixit Bhargav | 18/08/2019
Jofra Archer bouncer to Marnus Labuschagne: Watch Archer's ferocious bouncer hits Labuschagne in the helmet

Jofra Archer bouncer to Marnus Labuschagne: The English fast bowler was at his brutal best with the new ball in the second innings.

During the fifth day of the second Test of the ongoing 2019 Ashes series between England and Australia at Lord’s, England fast bowler Jofra Archer bowled a ferocious bouncer to Australia batsman Marnus Labuschagne. The 91.6 mph delivery hit the batsman right on the grill of his helmet.

It all happened on the fourth delivery of the sixth over when Labuschagne had just walked in to bat in place of Usman Khawaja (2). For a first legal delivery, Archer’s bouncer was too much to handle for the right-hand batsman.

It is worth mentioning that the same would have been the case had it been some other batsman in place of Labuschagne. The fact that he has been included as injured Steve Smith’s replacement today itself speaks of how hard it would have been for him to cope with such a spell of fast bowling.

Chasing a 267-run target in the fourth innings, Australia have a daunting task in front of him despite them playing the last session of the match. With the visitors already losing three wickets and playing without Smith, they will have to put on display a lot of determination before they lose control of the situation.

At the time of writing this article, Labuschagne and co vice-captain Travis Head are battling it out in the middle.

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Dixit Bhargav

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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