admin
LONDON. — Australia run-machine Marnus Labuschagne has displaced England captain Joe Root to claim the world’s No. 1 Test batter spot following a run of big scores in the ongoing Ashes series at home, the International Cricket Council said yesterday.
South Africa-born Labuschagne scored his sixth test century and followed it up with a 51 in the second Test in Adelaide to help Australia take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series against their arch-rivals.
Root managed to score a half-century in each of the first two Tests and dropped to second in the list of Test batters.
Having narrowly lost out to New Zealand for a spot in this year’s inaugural World Test Championship final, Labuschagne said Australia’s eyes are not trained on just winning the Ashes.
“Regardless of if we win the next one, our goal is to win every single test match this summer,” he told reporters. “For us, that is what the test championship has brought in. — AFP.
Online Reporter