Marnus Labuschagne is a South African-born Australian international cricketer. He plays for the Australian national team and domestic cricket for Queensland. In August 2019, he was the first cricketers to become a concussion substitute in a Test match, replacing Steve Smith. In January 2020, Labeschagne was named as the Emerging Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council.
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Marnus Labuschagne is a South African-born Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and domestic cricket for the Queensland cricket team. He also currently plays county cricket for Glamorgan and in the Big Bash League for the Brisbane Heat. In August 2019, he was the first cricketers to become a concussion substitute in a Test match, replacing Steve Smith. In January 2020, Labeschagne was named as the Emerging Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council. In February he was named Australia’s Test player of the year, and in April as one of the five Cricketers’ Almanack. He was born in Klerksdorp, in South Africa’s North West province, to South African parents. His family emigrated to Australia in 2004 when he was 10, after his father gained work in the mining industry. He grew up speaking Afrikaans, and only became fluent in English after moving to Australia.
A right-handed batsman, he played for Queensland at under-12, under-15,. under-17, and under-19 level. He made his first-class cricket debut in the first round of the 2014–15 Sheffield Shield season against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval. He scored 83 runs in Queensland’s first innings, featuring in a 99-run fourth-wicket partnership with Nick Stevens. In September 2017, he became the first fielder to be penalised under the a newly introduced Law designed to stop fielders deceiving batsmen. After being Queensland’s leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield, Cricket Australia named him in their Sheffield Shield team of the season. In 2018, he made his Test debut for Australia against Pakistan, scoring a two-ball duck in his first innings and 13 in his second.
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