The third and final test match of the three test match series between South Africa and Australia has been going on at Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. A video of Marnus Labuschagne went viral in which he was making the gesture of smoking a cigarette.
Australian skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first. But the host’s start could have been better, and they lost the first wicket in the form of David Warner (10) on just 12 runs. After which Australia’s most consistent batter in the red ball, Marnus Labuschagne, came to bat with another opener batter Usman Khawaja. In between the match, Labuschagne first waved towards his helmet and then gave a gesture like smoking a cigarette to the staff of the Australian team. This video went viral on social media. Marnus was asking for a lighter to set the plastic of his helmet.
On the stump of day 1 of the last test match, the Kangaroos lost two wickets on 147 runs. Proteas pacer Anrich Nortje grabbed two wickets from the host. Meanwhile, the visitor has lost the first two series of matches and will try their best to win last so they can avoid a whitewash and feature a win in the test series.
