Marnus Labuschagne reveals that his family back Australia

Marnus Labuschagne is ready for anything as he prepares to face the country of his birth in Test cricket for the first time.

Marnus Labuschagne is fully Aussie

The in-form Australia number three was born in Klerksdorp and spent ten years of his life in South Africa but says that he feels Australian.

He also says that his family fully support him and Australia and will all back him unequivocally against the Proteas.

“My family have adopted Australia as their home and they support me, they support the Australian cricket team,” Labuschagne said according to ESPN Cricinfo. 

“But I certainly think it’s always exciting what this Test holds because it is a little bit closer to my heart, because it’s the country where I grew up and where I spent ten years of my life.”

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Obsession

Labuschagne owes all his development as a player to the structures of Australian cricket and his own obsessive nature.

He says that he has managed to switch off a little after becoming a father.

“Becoming a dad has probably helped me switch off a little bit from the game when I’m at home,” he said on Wednesday. “When my family’s with me, certainly the two differences between when they were with me in Perth to when they weren’t with me in Adelaide – I got to bed a lot later in Adelaide and I was watching a lot more cricket videos at night. In Perth, that wasn’t the case, I was getting to bed earlier, putting her to bed.

“I am who I am because I am obsessed and I am obsessive, I love to try and get better each time and each day. I think that part, hopefully it never stops for me because I think that’s what makes me who I am.”

The first Test between South Africa and Australia will get underway on Saturday at the Gabba in Brisbane.