Test star floored by sickening blow

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It's been a unsmooth week for Australian Test prima Marnus Labuschagne.

He was hit with a good for excessive appealing successful a Sheffield Shield match, narrowly avoiding a dissent complaint for moving down the wicket pursuing a transportation that the umpire deemed not out.

A fewer days aboriginal helium was backmost successful enactment for Queensland for their adjacent Shield game, against South Australia astatine Adelaide Oval.

Labuschagne had been retired lbw for 8 successful the Bulls' archetypal innings, falling to Redbacks paceman Brendan Doggett.

The brace were locked successful different cat-and-mouse conflict with Labuschagne astatine the crease for the 2nd innings connected Sunday, erstwhile helium fto a transportation gaffe past his bat that helium volition beryllium regretting for a while.

A Doggett seamer bounced disconnected the platform and flew up into Labuschagne's groin, hitting him wherever each antheral fears to beryllium hit.

Marnus Labuschagne's awkward entreaty successful a Sheffield Shield match

Labuschagne - 1 of Australia's starring Test batters - dropped to his knees and past rolled onto his back, clutching himself successful pain.

Doggett checked successful connected the absorption prima portion Labuschagne's batting partner, Usman Khawaja, besides walked down the transportation to marque definite helium was OK.

Luckily, Labuschagne was capable to bat connected with Khawaja arsenic the brace combined for a steadfast partnership.

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