"I'm just proud of this team": Marnus Labuschagne hails his teammates after Australia retain Ashes

Melbourne [Australia], December 25 (ANI): Australia star batter Marnus Labuschagne has heaped praise on his teammates after the hosts retained the Ashes after an emphatic 82-run win against the Ben Stokes-led England in Adelaide, which helped the Aussies to take an unbeaten 3-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series.

Australia won the Ashes series in 11 playing days. The series win is even more special for them, considering they were without ace speedster Josh Hazlewood for the entire series, and regular captain Pat Cummins missed the first two Tests. Stand-in skipper Steve Smith didn't play the third Test in the Ashes against England.

Marnus spoke about how his team has been able to come back from each struggle in the ongoing high-voltage Test series against the Three Lions.

"Even coming to the ground today, 230 ahead, you probably in the back of your mind, you felt like that it may happen a bit quicker," Labuschagne told SEN Cricket post-game.

"But it just shows that you can't take anything for granted in these big series. They took it there, (we) only won by 80-something runs. There was a lot of media hype coming into the series about the different things we had to overcome (like) some injuries, and batting orders were a big spectacle at the start of the series."

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