County Championship: Labuschagne and Lakmal present worldwide class at Derby

Marnus Labuschagne

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Marnus Labuschagne signed for Glamorgan in April 2019
LV= County Championship Division Two, The Incora County Ground, Derby (day three)
Derbyshire 368: Guest 109 & 170-2: Madsen 58*
Glamorgan 387: Labuschagne 130, Lloyd 84; Lakmal 5-82
Derbyshire (6 pts) lead Glamorgan (6 pts) by 151 runs
Scorecard

Glamorgan’s Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne and Derbyshire’s Sri Lanka seamer Suranga Lakmal shared the honours with headline displays.

Labuschagne hit a classy 130 and Lakmal claimed a five-wicket haul in Glamorgan’s 387,19 runs ahead.

Derbyshire’s Shan Masood just missed out on a new record for first-class runs in the UK in Aprilm falling for 42.

Derbyshire reached 170-2, a lead of 151 runs going into the final day.

Labuschagne and nightwatchman Timm van der Gugten added 82 in relatively untroubled fashion in the opening session of day three, before van der Gugten holed out at long-on for 20 off the bowling of Mattie McKiernan.

The Australian star drove and pulled fluently as he raced to a…

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