Sheffield Shield: Marnus Labuschagne produced a second of magic on the sphere on Day 1.© Cricket Australia/Twitter
The Sheffield Shield remaining is being contested between Queensland and New South Wales and on the very first day of the match, a second of magic was witnessed on the sphere. Marnus Labuschagne has been in terrific kind within the 2020-21 Sheffield Shield season. He has scored 629 runs in seven matches (9 innings) and averages 69.89. However, on Wednesday, his largest contribution got here whereas fielding. Stationed at short-cover, Labuschagne dived full-length to his proper to finish a sensational catch that wrapped up the New South Wales innings.
A full supply from Michael Neser was pushed firmly by Josh Hazlewood however Labuschagne plucked the ball out of skinny air, leaving the on-air commentators in disbelief.
“That’s an unbelievable catch. That’s what you want from your fielders. What a catch!” mentioned one of many on-air commentators.
Watch the Australian star’s gorgeous effort right here:
Labuschagne with the screamer! And it caps off a superb 5 wickets for Neser too #SheffieldShield pic.twitter.com/u5UlPJDvGY
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) April 15, 2021
Labuschagne’s sensible catch capped off a five-wicket haul for Michael Neser as New South Wales have been bundled out for 143 of their first innings.
Captain Kurtis Patterson top-scored for NSW with 43 runs whereas Sean Abbott chipped in with 23. Six NSW gamers registered single digit scores in a poor batting show on the Allan Border Field in Brisbane.
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Apart from Neser, Jack Wildermuth was on music for Queensland as nicely, taking 4 wickets for simply 21 runs off his 16 overs. While Xavier Bartlett and Mitchell Swepson went wicketless, Brendan Doggett chipped in with a wicket in a nice exhibiting from Queensland’s quick bowlers.
At the time of penning this, Queensland had misplaced Joe Burns for 20 after a stable begin.
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