Australia’s legendary batsman Marnus Labuschagne made a tremendous all-round performance in the T20 Blast. He first took wickets in the bowling and after that he also batted with gusto. Despite this, however, his team had to face defeat.
The match between Gloucestershire and Glamorgan was played in the T20 Blast on Thursday. Batting first after winning the toss, Gloucestershire scored 179 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Wicket-keeper batsman Glenn Phillips played the highest innings of 44 runs in 32 balls. Apart from him, captain James Taylor also scored 25 runs in 14 balls. Ryan Higgins remained unbeaten on 22. Daniel Downthwaite took 3 wickets for 28 runs for Glamorgan. Apart from this, Marnus Labuschen also bowled brilliantly and took 1 wicket for 18 runs.
Chasing the target, Glamorgan lost 3 wickets for just 41 runs. Colin Ingram was dismissed for just 1 run and Chris Woakes made 26 off 21 balls. Three players of the team were dismissed for zero and seven batsmen could not even reach the double figures.
Watch Marnus’s unorthodox shot here:
Incredible innovation from Marnus Labuschagne 🤯#CountyCricket2021 pic.twitter.com/myWzgeqbdi
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) June 10, 2021
Marnus Labuschagne played an unbeaten innings of 93 runs but goes in vainÂ
However, Marnus Labuschagne remained at one end. He played an unbeaten innings of 93 runs in just 56 balls while batting. Labuschagne hit 10 fours and 2 sixes in his debut. However, despite this, he could not make the team win. Glomorgan’s team could only manage 175 runs for the loss of 9 wickets and they had to face defeat by just 4 runs.
