Documentary sheds gentle on ‘lucky’ black eagle on Marnus Labuschagne’s bat
According to analysts at CricViz, Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne is the luckiest batter in world cricket as a result of as per their information, collected during the last decade-and-a-half, no different participant has had the next variety of catches dropped off their bat.
In season 2 of Amazon Prime documentary ‘The Test,’ Labuschagne pulls again the curtain just a little bit, admitting {that a} small sticker of a black eagle on his bat is likely to be behind all his luck. And even his teammates appear to agree.
“One of the biggest things in sport is your mind, and once your mind goes down a path, you can’t stop it, it just goes down that path,” Labuschagne mentioned. “I don’t think stickers matter – until you start thinking it matters,” he added.
Labuschagne is a religious Christian and the eagle reminds him of his favorite passage from the Bible, Isaiah 40:31: “For those who hope in the Lord, He shall renew their strength. They shall soar on wings like eagles; they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not be faint.”
“Everyone knows that cricket’s a major part of my life but the value of me as a person isn’t in cricket, it’s in my faith,” Labuschagne mentioned.
His teammates like David Warner and Usman Khawaja have typically cheekily referred to the chook as a crow and agree that it is likely to be the rationale for Labuschagne’s luck within the center.
Between July 2019 and December 2022, Labuschagne was dropped 16 instances and caught on 20 events, a conversion charge of 55.5 per cent, in keeping with Fox Sports.
In final summer season’s Adelaide Ashes Test, Labuschagne was dropped thrice after which went on to attain 103. Later within the match, he was caught behind by Jos Buttler and was slowly trudging his manner off the pitch when the choice was overturned as a result of the bowler Ollie Robinson had overstepped.
“I’m honestly going to get that bird tattooed on my head,” teammate Nathan Lyon mentioned.
Recently, Fox Cricket submitted that Labuschagne had seven “expected dismissals” throughout his eight-hour double century in opposition to West Indies in Perth the place he was saved by luck, a cricket.au article famous.
