AUS vs WI | Twitter reacts to Marnus Labuschagne cheekily labelling Jason Holder's jaffa 'delicious ball' after narrow escape

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BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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When Marnus Labuschagne takes the field, entertainment is guaranteed, be it through his batting or unique antics. The batter had to navigate some excellent bowling en route to his century and was served up an absolute peach late in the day by Jason Holder, compelling him to acknowledge the effort.

Australia ended the first day of their Test summer on a high, with the score at stumps reading 293/2 against the West Indies in Perth on Wednesday. Following a half-century from Usman Khawaja to set up a solid foundation for the side, Marnus Labuschagne piled on the runs with his eighth Test century while Steve Smith raced to a pacy fifty himself. The duo ended the day unbeaten on 154 and 59 respectively, their partnership already worth 142 runs.

However, the domination did not come without its obstacles as the West Indies' stringent pace attack had quite a few spells of fearsome bowling. While Kemar Roach relied on seam movement and Alzarri Joseph on pure pace and bounce, it was Jason Holder that allowed the duo to bowl freely courtesy of his incredible discipline. The veteran's efforts early in the day earned him the opportunity to bowl the last over of the day with the new ball taken at the end of 82 overs and the right-arm quick delivered with some impeccable deliveries.

The first ball of the over itself was arguably the delivery of the day albeit it failed to fetch results. The towering pacer made the ball jag back in a bit in the air, with the angle making the ball come in steeply, only for it to move away sharply at the seam upon pitching. The delivery had Marnus completely squared up as it missed the batter's edge by a whisker. Completely aware of his lucky escape, Marnus quickly commended the delivery by saying, “Oh Jason, that’s a delicious ball,” thus bringing a slight smile to the dismayed bowler's face. The incident was yet another addition to Marnus' mammoth collection of offbeat antics while batting and had the Twitterati in splits.

Classic Marnus

We all love him

That was really good

Dekucious

Everyone's fav

Aussies are looking strong

Another one

Well played

lol!

Great one

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