World No. 1 Test batter Marnus Labuschagne has developed his personal distinctive coaching technique to counter the turning ball earlier than Australia travels to Pakistan subsequent month.
Labuschagne recreated his personal subcontinent-style pitch in his yard and posted a video of the identical on Twitter.
Explaining his home made floor – utilizing a rubber mat smattered with sheets of taped-down aluminum and metallic because the pitch, the 27-year-old mentioned that this technique helps him sharpen his abilities for the problem forward.
“In the sub-continent one of the big factors that everyone sees is the ball spinning big and then also sliding on big,” mentioned Labuschagne
“You all the time see the replays of all of the straight balls getting wickets, however individuals do not watch the balls in between which can be spinning massive.
“The concept is the ball will skid on if it hits the metallic material or the tape aspect. And then if it hits in between within the rubber, it’ll spin.
“From a batter’s perspective, I’m trying to set up here and work on how I’m going to play in these conditions – play for the inside for the slide, picking up the length, looking for balls to score off.”
Playing round with recreating spinning circumstances within the yard pic.twitter.com/votnKELwCH
— Marnus Labuschagne (@marnus3cricket) February 17, 2022
This is superior! #noooooorun https://t.co/oFGm6OXSbY
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) February 17, 2022
Australia will play three-Test matches in Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore and the hosts will most probably unleash their spin trio of Yasir Shah, Shadab Khan and Imad Waseem and Usman Qadir on the Kangaroos.
The first Test begins on March 4.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
