{"id":23668,"date":"2025-10-16T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=23668"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T12:04:04","slug":"labuschagne-slams-another-big-century-to-send-ashes-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=23668","title":{"rendered":"Labuschagne slams another big century to send Ashes message"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Run-hungry Marnus Labuschagne slammed his fourth century in five innings Thursday to make an emphatic case to be in Australia&#8217;s side for the opening Ashes Test against England.<\/p>\n<p>The Queensland captain was dropped ahead of Australia&#8217;s mid-year Test tour of the West Indies after an extended lean spell.<\/p>\n<p>But he has come roaring back to stake his claim to be part of the team that pads up in Perth on November 21.<\/p>\n<p>Batting at three, he crunched 159 off 197 balls against South Australia, while Test opener Usman Khawaja hit a composed 46.<\/p>\n<p>Labuschagne&#8217;s ton backed up the 160 he made in the opening Sheffield Shield round against Tasmania. He has also blitzed two 50-over centuries this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old opened with Khawaja in June&#8217;s losing World Test Championship final against South Africa at Lord&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>But a growing chorus of former greats, led by David Warner and Matthew Hayden, are adamant he should revert to his usual spot at number three.<\/p>\n<p>That would mean all-rounder Cameron Green shifts back to six and Beau Webster misses out in Perth, with the question of who opens with Khawaja still to be resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent opener Sam Konstas&#8217;s quest to retain his spot has not gone well.<\/p>\n<p>After a forgettable West Indies series, the 20-year-old was dismissed for a four-ball duck playing for New South Wales against Victoria on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He made only four and 14 against Western Australia last week, leaving selectors with plenty to ponder.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Run-hungry Marnus Labuschagne slammed his fourth century in five innings Thursday to make an emphatic case to be in Australia&#8217;s side for the opening Ashes Test against England. The Queensland captain was dropped ahead of Australia&#8217;s mid-year Test tour of the West Indies after an extended lean spell. But he has come roaring back to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}