{"id":230900,"date":"2021-12-04T05:10:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=230900"},"modified":"2021-12-04T05:10:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T00:10:55","slug":"labuschagne-happy-to-lead-ausies-without-a-title-in-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/labuschagne-happy-to-lead-ausies-without-a-title-in-ashes\/","title":{"rendered":"Labuschagne happy to lead Ausies without a title in Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Melbourne<br \/>\nMarnus Labuschagne was overlooked as a leadership candidate following Tim Paine\u2019s resignation as Australia\u2019s test captain but the batsman said he is happy to focus on scoring big runs against Ashes foes England.<br \/>\nThough only 18 tests into his career, Labuschagne was floated as a future captain by former players and pundits but not offered an interview by a Cricket Australia panel, which named Pat Cummins skipper and Steve Smith vice-captain last week.<br \/>\nIf Labuschagne\u2019s pride was wounded, the 27-year-old hid it well when asked about the snub in Brisbane on Friday.<br \/>\n\u201cNo, I wasn\u2019t disappointed,\u201d Labuschagne told reporters. \u201cI think there are two very good leaders and very good candidates.<br \/>\n\u201c(Cummins) is going to do a fabulous job and he\u2019s got plenty of support with Steve as his vice-captain and all the senior players of the group.<br \/>\n\u201cMy job right now is to concentrate on scoring runs consistently for Australia and I\u2019m happy for that to be my role for now.<br \/>\n\u201cYou don\u2019t need the title to still be a leader in the group.\u201d<br \/>\nA little more than two years on from the 2019 Ashes, Labuschagne has cemented himself as Australia\u2019s number three and one of the world\u2019s best batsman with a stratospheric average of more than 60.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melbourne Marnus Labuschagne was overlooked as a leadership candidate following Tim Paine\u2019s resignation as Australia\u2019s test captain but the batsman said he is happy to focus on scoring big runs against Ashes foes England. 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