
However, he said that Labuschagne's work in the nets was not specific to facing Broad. As we saw today hopefully he is back on track." He has a few other reasons why he thinks he played at the ball which he thinks he has fixed up. Marn is the only one who could answer that. When asked if the frenzied atmosphere at Edgbaston could have played a part, Di Venuto added: "Potentially. Whatever it was, hopefully it was brief and he can get back to normal this week."

And it certainly didn't happen the week before at The Oval. "I hadn't seen what happened in the first Test, I hadn't seen that. "It was back being normal," Australia's batting coach Michael Di Venuto said. Labuschagne was back to being much stiller at the crease with only a minimal trigger compared to the more exaggerated movement seen in the first Test during a lengthy session against throwdowns from Australia's coaches. He certainly showed glimpses against India and England that he's the same Marnus that he always was." "I get more concerned if I watch you bat for half an hour and you look like you don't know what you are doing. Think that arm wrestle is what we love to see, I do. Someone will have an upper hand at that time. These guys are the best players in the world. There's a couple of little things I mentioned to him. "He's been playing well for Glamorgan and that's what I'm saying to him. He hasn't forgotten how to play," Neil D'Costa told ESPNcricinfo. "Of course you'll have a guy who might nick off and might miss out.


Head coach Andrew McDonald had termed it an "appetising thought" that Australia had won with just 35 runs between their two best batters. In probably the least surprising news of the tour, both Labuschagne and Smith - the latter also having a lean opening Test - took part in a net session on Saturday that was only arranged for those who did not play at Edgbaston. Labuschagne edged behind against Stuart Broad, playing at deliveries he could have left, with his first-innings golden duck coming from an especially wide ball as Broad found success with the new outswinger he said he had worked on especially for Labuschagne and Steven Smith. Marnus Labuschagne's dismissals at Edgbaston were something that the Australian coaching staff had not seen before but there is confidence from his long-time batting coach that he can respond in the second Test at Lord's.

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