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Marnus Labuschagne’s struggle for his next Test century continues as the Australian National Cricket Team’s middle-order batter fell cheaply against the Bangladesh National Cricket Team spinner Taijul Islam in the second innings of the ongoing Test match in Darwin.
The right-handed batter was dismissed for 31 runs from 59 deliveries, prolonging the waiting period to claim his twelfth Test hundred. The last time he got a Test hundred was in 2023, against England in Manchester.
Marnus Labuschagne's last Test century was back in 2023
According to some stats provided by Cricbuzz, the last time Marnus Labuschagne scored a Test hundred was in 2023. Since then, he has gone 42 innings without scoring a century, averaging just 25.23.
The Australian cricket team is facing a rare slump against the touring team Bangladesh across all possible departments. Whether it is batting, bowling, or fielding, the Bangladesh cricket team is dominating the hosts in the match.
The way Marnus Labuschagne threw his wicket against the spinner Taijul Islam was enough to assume how much pressure the Aussies are currently experiencing on their back. Islam pitched the ball on the leg of the batter, and the batter went to play across the line.
Labuschagne missed every part of the ball, only to be bowled out. In the first innings, the No.3 batter of the Australian batting line-up was dismissed for only 1 run.
Marnus Labuschagne's Test batting stats are in a declining stage
Marnus Labuschagne, who made his debut for Australia in 2018, has so far scored 4,726 runs in 64 Tests with an average of 44.16. In those 63 matches and 114 innings, he registered eleven centuries and 25 half-centuries. But his recent stats indicate only a bad patch.
While his overall batting average in the format is over 44, in 2026, Labuschagne’s batting average is currently only 29.25 in four innings after finishing the previous year with an average of 20.84 in 8 matches and 15 innings. In the previous year, when the Aussies dominated their arch-rival England in the Ashes throughout the 5-match series, Marnus Labuschagne’s performance again was not on the higher side as it could have been.
Search for the next Test hundred continues
He produced only a couple of half-centuries playing against the Three Lions in all ten innings of the five matches. Because of the long-standing bad patch, the batter was dropped from the team ahead of the Ashes 2025-26. When he was asked about the snub from the national team, the 32-year-old said that off the field, it would help him to rediscover his form.
“My motivation and my only motivation … was I wanted to be playing at my best… But it had been 18 months since I had been playing at my best, so that was my only thing. I just wanted to be playing cricket at my best, and hopefully that means runs,” he said to SEN in the second week of October in 2025.
Since then, it has been months since the batter has been searching for his prime form.
