2nd Test at Adelaide - 16 to 20 Dec

[Spark]

The real test for him will be in the next year when we finally have a bunch of away tours again.

 

[Line and Length]

Labuschagne v Broad was an enthralling and entertaining battle.

 

[mr_mister]

The real test for him will be in the next year when we finally have a bunch of away tours again.

Already proved himself in England conditions imo, but yes an Indian tour will be interesting

 

[Uppercut]

Maybe, but he was shaky as **** yesterday. How many of his tons have been against world class opposition?

Genuine question, I can't watch the guy bat for more than 5 minutes. It gives me PTSD.

He’s faced a very good set of attacks already. He’s overperforming, but it’s not because he’s had it easy.

 

[Prince EWS]

Maybe, but he was shaky as **** yesterday. How many of his tons have been against world class opposition?

Genuine question, I can't watch the guy bat for more than 5 minutes. It gives me PTSD.

He's scored runs against good attacks, but 70% of his Tests have been on the roads at home, where he averages 77.

He did have that good tour of England, but we're only talking four Tests here. He still hasn't made a ton away from home.

Obviously a very good bat but as Spark says the real Test or his potential greatness will be when CA joins the rest of the world again and starts playing away Tests.

 

[Burgey]

I think he's roughly a 45 average player overall, but tbh he can't any more than what he's done so far. Got a great appetite for runs, usually really patient and doesn't seem to gaf how long it takes him to grind out a score. He's got the right mindset for a three, especially one typically coming in after an early wicket.

 

[Burgey]

Maybe, but he was shaky as **** yesterday. How many of his tons have been against world class opposition?

Genuine question, I can't watch the guy bat for more than 5 minutes. It gives me PTSD.

Yeah he was, but he was good in Brisbane on a deck doing a fair bit too. It was almost like he and Warner swapped places yesterday from the first test where the latter was the one who was tinny AF.

 

[morgieb]

but 70% of his Tests have been on the roads at home, where he averages 77.

TBF I don’t think the wickets in that Indian series were that flat?

 

[Uppercut]

I think he's roughly a 45 average player overall, but tbh he can't any more than what he's done so far. Got a great appetite for runs, usually really patient and doesn't seem to gaf how long it takes him to grind out a score. He's got the right mindset for a three, especially one typically coming in after an early wicket.

He looks like a 45 avg player to me too, but getting there from here will be painful. Would need a couple of years of averaging 30, at which point the temptation is to start making changes to his technique or shot selection. And I think he’s pretty much maximising his talent as he is.

How he responds when he stops getting the rub of the green might define his career.

 

[Spark]

I think he'll average near enough 50 tbh. Half his games will be on home pitches after all and he's basically a lab created batsman for modern Australian pitches; his defensive game is so well tuned for them that he'll always score at least some runs at home.

But yeah I think most people think he surely can't actually be as good as, say, Steve Smith. He looks merely very, very good as opposed to transcendental like peak Smith did.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Maybe, but he was shaky as **** yesterday. How many of his tons have been against world class opposition?

Genuine question, I can't watch the guy bat for more than 5 minutes. It gives me PTSD.

Actually made runs mostly in some relatively rough conditions outside of that 1 summer v Pakistan

 

[mr_mister]

I'm very confident hel finish with a career average over 50

 

[Bahnz]

Yeah, his dominance on home tracks leads me to suspect he'll finish with at worst a Hussey-ish 51.

 

[SteveNZ]

I think he'll average near enough 50 tbh. Half his games will be on home pitches after all and he's basically a lab created batsman for modern Australian pitches; his defensive game is so well tuned for them that he'll always score at least some runs at home.

But yeah I think most people think he surely can't actually be as good as, say, Steve Smith. He looks merely very, very good as opposed to transcendental like peak Smith did.

Interested in you saying that...given he really struggled against the barrage Stokes gave him. That pitch isn't particularly full of bounce and Stokes isn't express pace. Yet I don't remember him particularly struggling against Wood last Test on what seemed to have more pace and bounce. And I don't remember him having nearly as many issues with Wagner two years ago as Smith etc did.

In all seriousness, I would love to see him grow up and get that stupid **** out of his game like the over the top leave, the talking to himself and everyone at all times, the overly vociferous appeals when he's bowling etc. I'd like to appreciate him as a good batsman but I'm not lying one bit when I say I can't watch him. My issue, I know. I imagine I can't be alone.

 

[Xix2565]

TBF I don’t think the wickets in that Indian series were that flat?

Thought Sydney was flat, Gabba maybe not (as much?). Even then only managed 1 ton and a couple of high 50s, missing out on a Sydney ton but cashing in at the Gabba after getting dropped against our least experienced attack in the last 50 years.

He's definitely earnt some respect (and he's unbelievably jammy) even if he's still a home bully and not really tested abroad.

 

[Prince EWS]

The talking to himself is a trait that shouldn't really bother anyone imo. I fully believe it's him and not an act or something

The fact that it's not a put-on doesn't mean it can't be annoying.

 

[stephen]

Yes, but what’s his first chance average?

Now there's something I've not heard in a long time.

 

[JBMAC]

FASTEST TO 2000 TEST RUNS:

Donald Bradman (AUS) - 22 innings

George Headley (WI) - 32 innings

Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG) - 33 innings

Mike Hussey (AUS) - 33 innings

Marnus Labuschagne (AUS) - 34 innings

 

[Arachnodouche]

I find Labuschagne's batting style to be in the usual workmanlike Australian vein and not particularly ugly in actual strokeplay. The leaves are hideous though and the "no run" after letting the ball go through is downright ********.

 

[Son Of Coco]

I find Labuschagne's batting style to be in the usual workmanlike Australian vein and not particularly ugly in actual strokeplay. The leaves are hideous though and the "no run" after letting the ball go through is downright ********.

The 'no run' after leaving the ball is pretty silly. Particularly because there's no guarantee Jos will catch it, so there's a big chance runs could be on offer at any stage.