LIVE: Obscure stat proves stunning Marnus myth

Marnus Labuschagne has formed a estimation arsenic 1 of the luckiest batters successful satellite cricket.

In the 2nd innings of the archetypal trial against the West Indies, Labuschagne was caught disconnected the bowling of Alzarri Joseph, but replays showed Joseph had oh-so-slightly overstepped.

It was conscionable different changeable of luck successful Labuschagne's career.

Since his debut successful trial cricket, he's been retired caught 20 times. But he's been dropped 16 times.

That translates to a conversion complaint of conscionable 55.5 per cent. Only 1 batsman successful planetary cricket - Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne - has a little conversion rate.

His Test batting mean sits astatine 59.31. According to Fox Cricket statistician Lawrie Colliver, if each those catches were taken his mean would beryllium conscionable 44.

"I've surely had the hitch of the greenish connected galore occasions of late," Labuschagne said.

"I deliberation it benignant of comes successful waves – determination were times determination erstwhile I was successful Pakistan and I felt similar the greenish was not rubbing the aforesaid way.

"You're ne'er going to kick erstwhile you've got a spot of the hitch of the green. Cricket's a comic crippled and the tide turns."