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    "excerpt": "The Sydney Morning Herald: Seam-bowling all-rounder Beau Webster has backed Marnus Labuschagne to deliver his best if he's called upon to be the opener for Australia in the upcoming World Test Championship final against South Africa, starting on June 11 at Lords'.",
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    "editor1": "The Sydney Morning Herald: Seam-bowling all-rounder Beau Webster has backed Marnus Labuschagne to deliver his best if he's called upon to be the opener for Australia in the upcoming World Test Championship final against South Africa, starting on June 11 at Lords'.<p>Labuschagne has just one Test century to his name since the end of 2022 and in his ongoing stint with county side Glamorgan, has averaged just nine from three innings so far. Australia also have teenaged opener Sam Konstas in their ranks to open the batting alongside Usman Khawaja.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cWhen he\u2019s at his best, he\u2019s unbelievable. His record speaks for itself. He\u2019s a hundred-maker and a game winner. I\u2019m sure going to the top (of the batting) wouldn\u2019t phase him too much. Whoever gets the nod for that final is going to be raring to go,\u201d Webster was quoted as saying by The Sydney Morning Herald.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With Cameron Green coming back to action as a specialist batter, it means Webster is in a shoot-out with him for a spot in Australia\u2019s playing eleven in the coveted clash. \u201cHe (Green) is a generational talent and a phenomenal cricketer. He\u2019s only going to get better. He\u2019s only 25, so he\u2019s got a lot of cricket ahead of him.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what the make-up of the top six is going to look like or which way they\u2019re going to go with in terms of all-rounders, but I\u2019m certainly hoping we can both be in there. I like testing myself with the Dukes ball in different conditions.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cHopefully, I can keep putting my name in front of selectors and become hard to drop out of that XI. That\u2019s probably my main purpose coming over, to keep my game ticking over,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Webster, who hit the winning runs on Test debut for Australia winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India by a 3-1 margin, signed off by calling that moment as his most memorable cricketing memory.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>\u201cHopefully, I can keep putting my name in front of selectors and become hard to drop out of that XI. That\u2019s probably my main purpose coming over, to keep my game ticking over,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">LIVE Cricket Score<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Article Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ians.in\/english-wire\/sports\/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">IANS<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n",
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