The Ashes | Day-Night Test, Day 2: Marnus Labuschagne rides on wave of luck to score first Ashes ton
Marnus Labuschgane continued his dream run of form at home and piled on his sixth Test century early on the second day of the Day-Night Test in Adelaide. He took as many as 287 balls and brought up a resilient century to keep England at bay albeit facing some spells of tough pace bowling.
It was Labuschgane’s slowest and first hundred in an Ashes series and he doubled down on his batting efforts from the Gabba where he missed out on a century. He was very lucky and was dropped on two occasions by Jos Buttler when he was on 21 and 95 off the bowling of Stokes and Anderson respectively.
He walked out to bat when Stuart Broad had snapped up Marcus Harris very early in the game but he once again stitched a big partnership with David Warner to take the game away from the grasp of England.
Australia have gone past the 235-run mark early on the second day and have lost just two wickets in the form of Warner and with Harris with Labuschagne and Steve Smith holding their ground solidly, they would be eager to bat big in the first innings.
For England, the duo of James Anderson and Broad well both with the first and second new ball but lack of incisive edge from Ollie Robinson and Chris Woakes hurt their prospects.
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