SYDNEY: Number 1 ranked Test batter Marnus Labuschagne is excited to be part of Australia’s historic tour to Pakistan, starting from March 3 in Karachi.
While replying to fans on Twitter, the 27-year-old said that he can’t wait to play in Pakistan and is itching to face ICC Cricketer of the Year, Shaheen Afridi.
Yep can’t wait
— Marnus Labuschagne (@marnus3cricket) January 27, 2022
Can’t wait
— Marnus Labuschagne (@marnus3cricket) January 26, 2022
It must be noted that Labuschagne has amassed 2220 runs in 23 Tests for Australia. The right-hander has scored six centuries since making his debut in 2018.
Australia will tour Pakistan in March and April — the country’s first visit since 1998 — to play three Tests, three ODIs and one Twenty-20 international T20I match.
The Test matches will be played in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore from March 3 to 25 while all four white-ball matches will be played in Lahore form March 29 to April 5.
Earlier, Cricket Australia (CA), in a report, claimed that Australia is set to tour Pakistan with a full-strength squad as no player has so far expressed any reservation about travelling to the country and selectors said they were “well down the track” to finalising a Test squad.
The website quoted chief selector George Bailey as saying that he believed security plans to be “very, very robust and very, very thorough” after multiple briefings.
“I believe the boards are still working through some of the minor details around that tour, so once that gets the formal tick of approval then we’ll announce the squad post that, but we’re reasonably well down the track,” Bailey said.
