County Championship 2021: Marnus Labuschagne surprises the batsman with his leg-spin bouncer

England‘s summer has started with County Championship currently in progress in the country. Lancashire and Glamorgan faced-off in one of the Group 3 encounters which concluded on May 9. There was no outcome from the game with only 204.2 overs of play possible due to frequent rain interruptions. However, two international players Marnus Labuschagne and James Anderson also played in this game who showed off their skills.

Both the players are known for their batting and bowling respectively. While Labuschagne has become a vital cog in Australia’s Test team’s middle-order, Anderson, the swing-king, has always been at it. Interestingly, Labuschagne rolls his arm if needed and delivered nine overs for Glamorgan in this game.

Known for various antics on the field, Marnus Labuschagne, this time around, surprised not only the opposition batsman but also his teammates, especially wicketkeeper, with his bowling. Wait, and it was not a brilliant leg-spinning delivery or googly.

It was hilarious leg-spin bouncer which supposedly might have slipped out of his hands while bowling. The batsman must have been caught off guard with this as the spinners don’t generally bowl bouncers but he managed to duck under it while the keeper did a fantastic job to collect it above his shoulders while standing up to the stumps.

The official Twitter handle of County Championship has shared the video of the same and it has gone viral now. While the fans are in splits with Marnus Labuschagne once again being at his hilarious best, few are impressed with the skills from keeper who collected the ball cleanly.

Here’s the video:

Lots of love for the wristspin bouncer 🥰

Marnus Labuschagne keeping the batsman on his toes#LVCountyChamp pic.twitter.com/EMR1uLVDky

— LV= Insurance County Championship (@CountyChamp) May 10, 2021

Marnus Labuschagne couldn’t impress with the bat

Marnus Labuschagne had impressed everyone with his excellent batting a couple of years ago in the Ashes in England. He had faced James Anderson bravely as well knocking off runs. However, the master of pace bowling got the better of him in this face-off making the batsman edge the ball to the wicketkeeper. Labuschagne could only score 12 runs off 38 balls with the bat.

As far as the match is concerned, Glamorgan scored 344 runs batting first with Anderson picking three wickets. In response, Lancashire were 301/9 in their first innings when the officials and both captains decided to shake hands to end the game in a tame draw.