Marnus Labuschagne reached a double centuryto inflict more pain on New Zealand in the third Sydney Test on Saturday.The rock-solid number three sweated on 199 for 20 minutes before he thickedged Colin de Grandhomme through the vacant slips to the ropes to bring up
his double ton.
It came off 346 balls and eclipsed his previous Test record of 185 againstPakistan in Brisbane last November.
Labuschagne was Test cricket’s leading run-getter last year with 1,104 runsand is carrying on where he left off in 2019.
Australia pushed their total to 403 for five with his double century, reports AFP.