England goes up against might Kangaroos in the purest form of the game for a five match long series every single year. It is the time of cricket calender everything looks forward to. There are 2 main reasons for it. One: The sarcastic banter between England’s “Barmy-Army” and the aussie brigade. Two: There is a ton of news-breaking antiques in the action involved.
Here, we’ll talk about the latter. From Steve Smith’s iconic leaves to Broad’s surprising reaction to Stokes’ blinder… The list goes on and on. One of the more recent items on this news-breaking list of “The Ashes” events are Marnus Labuschagne’s renowned “No Run” calls.
Sam Billings imitates Marnus Labuschagne
Talking about Marnus’ “NO RUN” shouts, it isn’t originally a thing of his own. He has stolen all of his mannerisms from Mr. Steve Smith. Loosebuschange goes about as if he owns his “No Run” calls so much so that it has now been attached to him and him only. However, in a recent incident- Sam Billings gave him a taste of his own medicine.
Making his much-awaited test debut post a 800 kilo-meter ride to Bellerive Oval, Sam Billings had everyone’s eyes on him. He walked in with England reeling, and the scoreboard read 5 for 85. Nonetheless, Billings seemed to be in a mood of his own.
He looked solid in enroute boundary-laden 29 which helped his side turn the tide for a while. But the real deal of his little (but impactful) inning was his impressions of Labushagne’s famous “NO RUN” calls. Here’s a compilation of Bilbo making his aussie rival’s antiques into his own.
Have England found their Marnus Labuschagne? 😏#NoRun #Ashes pic.twitter.com/QL4MBXxhUN
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 15, 2022
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Talking about the overall scenario of the match, Billings’ inning wasn’t the big contribution that England needed to save themselves from losing 4-0. But still, it helped in unsettling Pat Cummins & company for a bit. Consequentially, they lost their focus as English lower-order managed to add 103 vital runs to their total, saving their faces for a while, before eventually losing the game by 146 runs.