Marnus Labuschagne

Marnus Labuschagne born 22 June 1994) is a South African-born Australian international cricketer who plays for the Australian national team and domestic cricket for the Queensland cricket team. He also currently plays county cricket for Glamorgan and in the Big Bash League for the Brisbane Heat. In August 2019, Labuschagne was the first cricketer to become a concussion substitute in a Test match, replacing Steve Smith. Labuschagne was the leading run-scorer in Test matches in 2019. He rose to fourth place in the ICC Player Rankings during the year, a rise of 106 places. In January 2020, Labuschagne was named as the Emerging Cricketer of the Year by the International Cricket Council (ICC), in February as Australia’s Test player of the year, and in April as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.