FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Ashes - Second Test - Australia v England - Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia - December 17, 2021 Australia's Marnus Labuschagne reacts after reaching his century with Steven Smith REUTERS/Morgan Sette/File Photo
(Reuters) - Australia captain Steve Smith backed number three batter Marnus Labuschagne to regain his form and hinted spin-bowling all-rounder Cooper Connolly could make his test debut in the second match against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Labuschagne has scored one hundred in his last 49 innings and managed 20 in the opening test against Sri Lanka, while team mates Usman Khawaja, Smith and Josh Inglis smashed hundreds.
