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Marnus Labuschagne maiden Test double-hundred against New Zealand at SCG on Saturday has helped him surpass Steve Smith's Test average. Marnus Labuschagne maiden Test double-hundred
against New Zealand at SCG on Saturday has helped him surpass Steve Smith's Test average. His double-century came off 346 balls with 19 boundaries and one six. Labuschagne (837) has
also overtaken Neil Harvey (834) and Bradman (810 runs and 806 runs). Labuschagne celebrated his maiden double ton by taking off his helmet and hugging captain Tim Paine. > Going past
Steve Smith's Test batting average > Scoring his first Test double hundred > Closing in on 500 runs in this series > > Marnus Labuschagne is having the time of his
life!#AUSvNZ > pic.twitter.com/EgzUcdhDQr > — ICC (@ICC) January 4, 2020 Labuschagne was also Test cricket's leading run-getter last year with 1,104 runs. His innings helped
Australia dominate New Zealand in the third Test of the 3-match series in Sydney. He was later dismissed on 215 by Todd Astle. The world's fourth-ranked batsman has now passed 800 runs
in the five tests this summer at an average of 133. As for New Zealand, the team is weakened by the absence of Kane Williamson. However, New Zealand managed to extract a couple of wickets
accounting for Travis Head, Matthew Wade and Tim Paine.