Marnus Labuschagne

Marnus Labuschagne (/læbəˈʃn/ or Afrikaans: [la.bəs'kax.ni]; born 22 June 1994) is an Australian professional international cricketer who plays domestically for Queensland, Glamorgan in county cricket and for Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. Labuschagne has been ranked as high as no.1 in the ICC Test batting rankings, and is considered as one of the best Test batsmen in the world. Labuschagne was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final and the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Marnus Labuschagne
Labuschagne at Headingley during the 2019 Ashes series
Personal information
Born (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994
Klerksdorp, Northwest Province, South Africa
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-break
Right-arm medium
Right-arm off-break
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 455)7 November 2018 v Pakistan
Last Test27 January 2024 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 229)14 January 2020 v India
Last ODI19 November 2023 v India
ODI shirt no.33
Only T20I (cap 102)5 April 2022 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.33
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014/15–presentQueensland
2016/17–presentBrisbane Heat
2019–presentGlamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 46 49 143 93
Runs scored 3,996 1,630 10,678 3,040
Batting average 52.57 37.90 46.42 35.76
100s/50s 11/19 2/11 30/52 3/23
Top score 215 124 215 135
Balls bowled 1,211 203 6,020 784
Wickets 13 2 80 11
Bowling average 57.46 115.00 48.17 77.27
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/45 2/19 4/81 3/46
Catches/stumpings 31/– 24/– 122/– 45/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner2023 India
World Test Championship
Winner2021-2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 January 2024

Labuschagne was born in Klerksdorp, North West Province, South Africa. He represented Queensland at various levels in junior cricket, before making his first-class cricket debut in 2014. In August 2019, Labuschagne was the first cricketer to become a concussion substitute in a Test match, replacing Steve Smith. Labuschagne was the leading run-scorer in Test matches in 2019. He rose to fourth place in the ICC Player Rankings during the year, a rise of 106 places. In January 2020, Labuschagne was named as the ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC), in February as Australia's Test player of the year, and in April as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

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