Australia’s star batsman Marnus Labuschagne is batting against a tennis ball on a synthetic makeshift strip in the garage of his home in Brisbane to ensure he isn’t out of practice due to the pandemic spread of the virus across the globe.

Labuschagne would be County cricket in Glamorgan right now if the COVID-19 pandemic hadn’t affected the world. Currently, the player is restricted to his house. However, the middle-order batsman hasn’t stopped practicing and is undergoing batting drills to keep up with the game.

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Labuschagne spoke with Melbourne’s SEN Radio and said, “I have for the last couple of days, just because I’ve missed it. I’m lucky enough that I’ve actually got one of my best mates living with me at the moment. He’s in isolation with me. So me and him are getting a few throwdowns, and doing a bit of training.

The star player added, “That’s about as much cricket as I’m getting… a taped-up tennis ball in the backyard with a dog thrower. I’m playing a little bit of tennis, where it’s allowed with the isolation rules to get my fitness in. And I’m doing gym, so there’s a lot of stuff to stay on top of.”

Labuschagne has accelerated his career since coming on as a substitute in the Ashes last year. His efforts have been rewarding as the player was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. The player admits that this break will give him the opportunity to look back and assess his career.

“The game had moved so quickly for me in the last 18 months I hadn’t really had time to sit back and go ‘this is what I’ve achieved, this is what I’ve been able to do’,” he said.

“For me, it’s just about taking it week by week and day by day, just trying to improve myself in other areas of life that I’ve probably neglected for the last couple of months. So that’s my challenge,” the batsman added.

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Marnus  Labuschagne is hopeful to see things return to normalcy as soon as possible.

The middle-order batsman signed off with, “But I really hope that it all turns quickly and that we get on top of this virus and get back playing and see not just cricket, but live sport. I don’t know how long away we are from getting crowds back in grounds, but I think our first objective is to get sports back on television.”