Marnus Labuschagne on Australia’s victory over England in The Ashes 2023: “Despite underperforming, we still came out on top.”

Australia Encouraged Despite Under-Par Performance in First Ashes Test

After a thrilling two-wicket victory over England at Edgbaston, Marnus Labuschagne has expressed Australia’s encouragement despite an ‘under-par’ performance. The tourists were facing England’s Bazball approach for the first time and managed to clinch their first win of the series.

The star batters, Labuschagne and Steve Smith, scored just 35 runs combined; however, before the second Test at Lord’s, Labuschagne warned that Australia holds themselves to higher standards: “We want to be better than that.”

Labuschagne is ranked third in test batting and acknowledged that he enjoyed watching Ben Stokes’ team in recent months. He stated: “I think it’s exciting, it’s entertaining, it’s good to watch but… we played pretty under par.”

“From a bowling perspective,” said Labuschagne,”you come in with all your plans of how you’re going to do it. But until you’re out there and experience it – it’s very hard to say.”

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Joe Root replaced Marnus Labushcange as top-ranked test batter on Monday after his outstanding scores of 118 not out and 46 in Birmingham impressed fans worldwide.

Marnus congratulated Joe Root on his achievement but suggested that Root’s aggressive approach prevented him from batting the visitors out of the match: “The way he’s getting into the ball – I’m just talking about when he’s batting normally – he’s batting really well,” said Marnus.

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Conclusion

Australia’s narrow victory over England at Edgbaston has provided them with plenty of encouragement as they prepare for the second Test at Lord’s. Despite an under-par performance, Marnus Labuschagne remains optimistic about Australia’s chances and is confident that his team can perform better.