June 30th 2023.
Australia's Test No.3 Marnus Labuschagne is widely considered one of the quirkiest cricketers around. From his unusual leaves to shouting to avoid his partner from calling for a run, he certainly has caught the eyes of the cricketing community.
On day one of the second Ashes Test at Lord's, Labuschagne did something particularly cheeky: he put a chewing gum back into his mouth after it fell out. This happened when he was batting on 37 alongside vice-captain Steve Smith. He had taken his helmet and gloves out and returned to gear up when the gum fell out of his mouth. Instead of discarding it, he simply picked it up and popped it right back into his mouth!
Labuschagne and Smith had shared a century stand in the first innings despite challenging batting conditions. However, he was dismissed by right-arm seamer Ollie Robinson just before the end of the day's play, nicking off to keeper Jonny Bairstow for 47.
In the second innings, Labuschagne was out for 30, and was fortunate to survive a few close calls. This included an LBW shout off Stuart Broad, which Ben Stokes chose not to review. Australia bowled England out for 325 within the first session of day three, with the hosts losing their last six wickets for just 47 runs. Usman Khawaja and David Warner had stitched another half-century stand before Josh Tongue struck to remove the latter.
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