Marnus Labuschagne hit on the helmet: Watch Mohammad Rizwan’s pull hits Australian fielder at short leg

Dixit Bhargav | 02/12/2019
Marnus Labuschagne hit on the helmet: Watch Mohammad Rizwan's pull hits Australian fielder at short leg

Marnus Labuschagne hit on the helmet: The Australian all-rounder coped a nasty blow on the helmet while fielding at short leg.

During the fourth day of the second Test of the ongoing Pakistan’s tour of Australia in Adelaide, Australia all-rounder Marnus Labuschagne received a brutal hit on the helmet.

It all happened on the last delivery of the 73rd over when Rizwan nailed a pull off a short delivery from Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins. The impressive shot ended up hitting Labuschagne, who was fielding at short-leg.

It is worth mentioning that the 25-year old Labuschagne survived any injury scare. The same predominantly happened because of the fielder applying an apt technique of ducking down at short leg.

Coming in to bat at No. 7 in the 49th over, Rizwan played well for his 45 (103) but couldn’t do much as far as changing the course of the match was concerned.

Labuschagne, who otherwise had a mediocre day at short-leg, eventually made amends by taking a catch to dismiss Pakistan all-rounder Iftikhar Ahmed (27) off Nathan Lyon’s bowling in the 68th over.

Following on in the second innings, Pakistan were bundled out for 239 in 82 overs. Having scored 68 (127) with the help of eight fours and a six, opening batsman Shan Masood was the highest run-scorer for the visitors.

With bowling figures of 25-7-69-5, Lyon was the pick of the Australian bowlers in the second innings. Having won the two-match series 2-0, Australia have gained a crucial 120 points in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship.

Marnus Labuschagne hit on the helmet

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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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