Still the Missing Key: Axed Marnus Eyes Test Comeback
Axed Test batter Marnus Labuschagne is being backed to regain his place in the Australian team and find his groove at the top level again. The right-hander has been dumped from the team for the first time in six years following 30 matches without scoring a century. It's been a slow and painful demise for the Queenslander who once averaged above 70 in the baggy green and was rated the world's best Test batter in 2021. READ MORE: Simmering feud behind paper's bizarre anti-NRL crusade READ MORE: Woods comes good on Origin bet despite legal threat READ MORE: Big burning Broncos question Maguire must ask amid squeeze His Test average is still an impressive 46.19 from 58 matches - figures any batter would be happy with - but he has scored one century in two and a half years, and averaged a measly 31.00 in that period. Labuschagne was elevated to opener for the World Test Championship final last week and while he mad...