After taking two gorgeous slips catches at Adelaide Oval to hasten England’s Ashes defeat, Marnus Labuschagne didn’t miss the possibility to stay it to Stuart Broad for a pre-series jibe concerning the high quality of the Australian group.
Former England fast Broad had mentioned on his podcast in October that Pat Cummins’s facet was “in all probability the worst Australian group since 2010 when England final gained”.
Ben Stokes’ facet, in the meantime, was the very best English group since 2010.
England final gained an Ashes sequence Down Beneath in 2010/2011.
“So these issues match as much as the truth it’s going to be an excellent Ashes sequence,” added Broad.
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On Sunday, Australia beat England by 82 runs at Adelaide Oval to take an unassailable 3-0 lead within the sequence.
“Being referred to as the worst Australian group in 15 years … it’s good to be sitting the place we are actually, three-nil up,” Labuschagne instructed ABC radio.
The Australian quantity three missed out with the bat in Adelaide, scoring 19 and 13, however emerged as a hero in the sector within the fourth innings as England tried to chase down 435 for victory.
He flew for a implausible one-handed catch on day 4 to dismiss quantity three Ollie Pope, and repeated the trick on day 5 to have Will Jacks caught for 47 nicking Mitchell Starc.
The dismissal of all-rounder Jacks left England 337 for eight, successfully ending its hopes of pulling off a miracle win.
Labuschagne underlined the cricket adage that “catches win matches”, whereas England counted the price of dropped probabilities in Adelaide.
Harry Brook dropped Usman Khawaja within the slips when he was on single-figures within the first innings, and the lefthander went on to attain 82.
Brook additionally put down a tougher likelihood within the gully with Travis Head for 99 on day three. The reprieved opener completed with 170.
Printed on Dec 21, 2025