World Test Championship Cricket Live Blog: over-by-over updates while the Aussies about South Africa are used

Is it Make-Or Break for Marnus Labuschagne at Lord’s this week?

Maybe, but the pressure is certainly on the Queensland star, who has struggled with the bat in the last two years.

Now Pat Cummins has taken the daring move to push him the order with the 30-year-old set to open for Australia, where Sam Konstas misses a call-up.

It means that since David Warner’s retirement, Khawaja will have his fifth opening partner in the 18 -month space.

Although the move has collected some control, Cummins has defended his decision to bring the Brisbane heat to the top of the order.

He explained that the decision was partly a reward for how Labuschagne had helped reaching the final.

‘Marns, again, he played a number of crucial beats to get us here. You look back at the MCG (against India) and his batting was above that as a difference in that match. So yes, I think it partly (over) the guys who got us here.

Cummins also revealed the advice he gave to his teammate, and on Tuesday reports: ‘We love when they are [batters] Are busy and press the bowlers.

‘That is our message here for Marnus, opening the batting can be difficult, but it can also be the best time to batten before the Dukes Ball actually starts to swing and there are runs to score.

‘So it keeps track of that positive intention, what is when it hits his best.

‘With Marnus who move, we thought it is one place, it is not too different to turn around.

“He did well here in England in the past.”