Marnus Labuschagne bowling bouncers: The Australian all-rounder’s county club has released a video compiled of him bowling bouncers.
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It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Australia all-rounder Marnus Labuschagne is the biggest find in cricket of the year 2019. Having come in as a concussion substitute for Steven Smith during the Ashes, 25-year old Labuschagne has since then cemented his spot in Australia’s Test and ODI team.
In 21 international appearances since August last year, the right-hand batsman has scored 1,764 runs at an average of 60.82 including five centuries and 10 half-centuries.
It is worth mentioning that Labuschagne made it to the Ashes squad last year on the back of his sensational form in Division Two County season for Glamorgan.
In 10 First-class matches, Labuschagne had scored 1,114 runs at an average of 65.52 and a strike rate of 76.19 including five centuries and five half-centuries and was the second-highest run-scorer in the tournament.
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Labuschagne, who also bowls leg-spin, has dismissed 12 wickets in 14 Test matches. In the same county season, Labuschagne picked 19 wickets at an average of 38.10, an economy rate of 3.10 and a strike rate of 3.76.
A recent video of Labuschagne is doing the rounds on social media platform Twitter. Labuschagne is seen bowling quick bouncers from a short run-up to surprise the opposition batsmen.
The same was uploaded after a fan requested Glamorgan to upload a collection of Labuschagne’s bouncers from the county season. The 45-second video is being liked by fans for spinner don’t usually bowl bouncers with such a frequency.
Marnus Labuschagne bowling bouncers
Any chance of some clips of Marnus (or should that be Marnŵs Llabwsiân) bowling, please? Especially some bouncers!
— Chris Drew #stayhomestaysafe #washyourhands (@mesnilman) May 6, 2020
Here you go, @mesnilman – one of the world’s best batsman, who bowls leg-spin, firing in bouncers at unsuspecting county cricketers 👀
There’s some serious heat on a few of these… 🔥#ThingsYouLoveToSee #GoGlam 🏏 https://t.co/Sct1VaiIIH pic.twitter.com/Cql2K5ZzSj
— Glamorgan Cricket 🏏 (@GlamCricket) May 6, 2020
Enjoy 45 seconds of Marnus Labuschagne bowling bouncers galore 🔥
(📹 @GlamCricket) pic.twitter.com/yqA28S8XXU
— #7Cricket (@7Cricket) May 8, 2020
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