Marnus Labuschagne’s four centuries earn top domestic honor.
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I was scrolling through the scores the other day, half‑asleep, when Marnus Labuschagne’s name kept popping up like a stubborn notification.
The Queensland bloke piled up four centuries in just six one‑day games, racking up 468 runs at an eye‑popping average of 78 and a strike‑rate flirting with 97.
He didn’t just smash a thousand‑run total; he did it against the two teams that ended up battling for the title – Tasmania and New South Wales.
And if that wasn’t enough, he added two more tons against Victoria and South Australia, giving him a season‑long four‑hundred‑hit parade.
Takeaway: When Marnus gets on a roll, the opposition can’t help but stare.
Where he sits in the record books
According to the stats wizards over at ESPNcricinfo, Labuschagne joins a tiny club of four players who’ve ever managed four one‑day hundreds in a single domestic season.
The previous members? Phil Jaques, Brad Hodge, and Daniel Hughes – names that sound like they belong on a nostalgic cricket poster.
He even rolled his arm over the right‑hand side, picking up 2/26 against New South Wales, proving he isn’t just a bat‑god but can chip in with a handy spell when the captain needs it.
The vote that decided it all
When the voting opened, Labuschagne led the pack with 20 votes, just edging out NSW powerhouse Kurtis Patterson, who notched three centuries and two fifties in seven innings and landed on 19 votes.
Third place went to Tasmania’s hard‑hitting Beau Webster with 12 votes, while Tim Ward (also from Tasmania) and Western Australia’s keeper‑batter Joel Curtis tied for fourth on 10 votes each.
Takeaway: A single vote could have turned the whole thing on its head – talk about a nail‑biter!
A quick look at his career numbers
- List A career: 3,834 runs from 119 matches, averaging 36.86.
- Centuries/half‑centuries: 7 hundreds, 25 fifties.
- International side: 1,871 runs in 66 ODIs for the Australian baggy green.
If you ask me, those stats read like a decent bedtime story for any budding cricketer – proof that hard work at the domestic level does pay off on the world stage.
Quick quiz
| Question |
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| How many one‑day centuries did Labuschagne hit this season? |
| Which two finalist teams did he score centuries against? |
| How many votes did Labuschagne receive to win Player of the Year? |