{"id":462043,"date":"2026-02-06T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462043\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:06:09","slug":"marnus-labuschagne-blows-up-over-sam-elliott-send-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/462043\/","title":{"rendered":"Marnus Labuschagne blows up over Sam Elliott send-off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marnus Labuschagne returned fire toward Sam Elliott on Friday after he was given a send-off amid the 17-wicket Sheffield Shield carnage at the MCG on day one.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Victoria quick trapped Queensland\u2019s Labuschagne in front before gesturing toward the Australian batter, appearing to mimic the eccentric hand gestures he and Steve Smith are known for.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the biggest Aussie sports &amp; the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkgeneric-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-grc-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1 &gt; <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Labuschagne also looked furious with the LBW decision and was seen spitting out and hitting his gum with his hand on the way back to the sheds. <\/p>\n<p>On Day 2, the pair were back at it. <\/p>\n<p>At the end of the 42nd over, Labuschagne was seen having words with Elliott while at the non-striker\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange dragged on with Elliott seen shrugging his shoulders several times before eventually getting ready to bowl again.<\/p>\n<p>The next over, Labuschagne was still visibly irked.<\/p>\n<p>After completing a run, he ran directly to and confronted the fielder at first slip, who appeared to gesture for Labuschagne to calm down.<\/p>\n<p>Umpires appeared to take the same viewpoint with both walking in to give Labuschagne a warning. <\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest cricket news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=CricketArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marnus Labuschagne on day 2, and Sam Elliott\u2019s gesture on Day 1.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re saying to Marnus, \u2018calm down my friend\u2019,\u201d the commentator says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Marnus isn\u2019t having any of it. He wants to keep going, he\u2019s in battle mode\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Labuschagne was dismissed by David Moody for 41 with Queensland reaching stumps on 6-173 \u2014 a lead over Victoria of 178 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria was bowled out for 144 to start the day with Peter Handscomb (67) and Elliott (23) the only batters to pass 20 runs. <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, former Australia batter Kurtis Patterson with the star for New South Wales, which lead South Australia by 171 after day two. <\/p>\n<p>Patterson reached stumps on Friday unbeaten on 59 with Jack Edwards also not out on 32. <\/p>\n<p>NSW is 4-166 in its second innings after bowling out South Australia for 197. <\/p>\n<p>Liam Hatcher was the star earlier with the ball, clinching 4-41 while Edwards snared 3-48. <\/p>\n<p>MORE TO COME <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marnus Labuschagne returned fire toward Sam Elliott on Friday after he was given a send-off amid the 17-wicket&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,237151,12548,89821,147391,673,677,132500,195708,60370,1124,11341,85,203262,18784],"class_list":["post-462043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-fiery-send-off","tag-fox-cricket","tag-jack-edwards","tag-kurtis-patterson","tag-new-south-wales","tag-oceania","tag-peter-handscomb","tag-reaching-stumps","tag-sam-elliott","tag-south-australia","tag-south-wales","tag-sports","tag-star-fumes","tag-steven-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}