Glamorgan's centuries came just a short of a world record-tying run by the Australia dough.
In a bid for a world-record work fight, Marshall Labuschagne reflected on being a part of the incredible tied County Championship match earlier this week and acknowledged Glamorgan thought they were home.
They had been set 593 by Gloucestershire and entered the final over of the match needing two to get after decades from Labuschagne and Sam Northeast. Before taking a second to level the scores, Mason Crane played out four circle balls, leaving No. 11 Jamie McIlroy on attack. In preparation for the batters trying a bye, he swung tight at Ajeet Dale and eluded James Bracey, who had removed his right glove and took a magnificent one-handed catch.
" Whenever you are chasing a huge score like that it's always about one step at a time", Labuschagne told SEN Radio. However, the field at which we played was [a ] very fast outfield [was], so it seemed as though things could get a little crazy very quickly if we were to dominate the opposition and score and bat well.
You keep saying," That's often in your head, but you're only taking it slowly." Therefore, when it reaches 100, you start to feel a little more invested and eager, then it drops to 50, and we are now like," Do we bird the draw or go all in for the succeed?"
" So there was bunches of ups and downs and even into the final over, we got a barrier off the last game of the following previous over of the morning, then we thought we were home. Essential two goes off the last over, we had Mason Crane the flour in on attack. It's over to the No. because he ended up facing four lines before getting a second. 11 to get the job done.
" Amazing game…we got their score, we really had n't getting one more."
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The match marked Labuschagne's next County Championship excursion of this charm with Glamorgan which concludes with a work of T20 Blast matches before he returns to Australia. He will then be portion of Queensland's pre- season as their new captain away of possible returning to England for the ODI series in middle- September.
Labuschagne scored 468 runs at 58.50 in four initial- course matches with two centuries which follows a somewhat muscular period in his Examine career where he has made one century in his last 20 Tests, although hit 90 in the previous outing against New Zealand in March.
" The ups and downs of the activity is part of the challenge, "he said". For me, it was a great opportunity to reflect before I arrived on how I've been effective, what I've done well over the years, how I've been batting also, how I've done a few technical stuff, and how it's all coming up really well, so that I can play some one-day cricket and some test cricket this summer.
" I always look at my game from a technical perspective, looking for ways to improve and get better, and especially with my technique, making sure my alignment is good, moving into the ball well, and all those things are ] really important for me," he said.
Being involved in a 592- run four- day tie has not been the only memorable moment of Labuschagne's Glamorgan season with him also lighting up social media with his spectacular catch in the T20 Blast.
" It's definitely the best catch I've taken that's been caught on camera, that's for sure", he said. " I took a catch in club cricket when I was 18 or 19, the boys that I play with at Queensland always say it was another very good catch, but unfortunately we do n't have that on camera, so as good as it never happened".
Labuschagne could be available for at least the first month of the Sheffield Shield season for Queensland and potentially more depending on how multi- format players are managed around the white- ball series against Pakistan in November. On November 22, Perth will host the first Test of India.
" It's there in the back of my mind stewing along", he said of the prospect of facing India," but when you are playing you are always trying to focus on the here and now".
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