“You Can Be Very Successful In County Cricket As A Medium Pace Bowler"- Marnus Labuschagne

Few people can claim to know what it’s like to walk in Marnus Labuschagne’s shoes. Not because he has 6 hundred and 13 fifties in his brief Test career. The fact that he is clever isn’t the main reason. It’s true that he’s unique. Isn’t “different” a bit of an understatement?

Labuschagne is currently in Wales with Glamorgan for the Vitality Blast T20.

England and New Zealand played a 17-wicket day one Test match not far away at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Coincidentally, the Australia international, who played in the most recent Ashes series in England and also played in the recent county season, also expressed his thoughts on the English wickets.

The Pitches In England Have Historically Been Challenging: Marnus Labuschagne

“The challenge of cricket in England historically has been the wickets”, he wrote in the latest newsletter, Beyond the Bat.

“You can be very successful in county cricket as a slow to medium pace bowler. Whereas the international wickets are flatter, which means you need to bowl with more pace and skill as opposed to just letting the wicket do a lot of the work.”

The right-handed batter went on to say that batting on county tracks was a ‘higher tempo’ affair, whereas batting on international tracks, where the batter could trust the wicket and its bounce, was not.

He wrapped up his remarks by saying that the closest county pitches can be made to match test cricket fields throughout the world, i.e. flatter and bouncier, the better for the players.

Naturally, a significant portion of the cricket community will have something to say about it. But none of this should concern Marnus Labuschagne, who is simply being himself.

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