Marnus Labuschagne achieved this feat in the ongoing second Ashes 2025-26 test between Australia and England in Brisbane.

After making a successful comeback to the test team in the Ashes opener in Perth, Australia’s No. 3 Marnus Labuschagne would have been eager to resume playing after missing the West Indies series. Labuschagne scored an undefeated half-century in the second innings after being cheaply removed in the first.

He came into the second Ashes 2025-26 test between Australia and England, which got underway at the Gabba Stadium in Brisbane, with 958 runs in day-night tests, and was just 42 runs away from becoming the first player to reach the milestone of 1,000 runs in pink-ball matches.

After scoring four hundreds and as many fifties in nine pink-ball contests, he averaged 63.86 in 15 innings during day-night tests. The previous time Australia faced Australia in a day-night test in Adelaide, Labuschagne got a half-century.

Marnus Labuschagne became the first batter to amass 1000 runs in day-night tests

As the first batsman to hit 1,000 runs in day-night tests at an average of more than 66, Marnus Labuschagne has accomplished a significant milestone. He accomplished this feat on Friday, December 5, Day 2 of the second Ashes test in Brisbane against England.

In 2019, Labuschagne played his maiden pink-ball test against the West Indies in Adelaide.  In his first four-day-night tests, he scored all four of his centuries.  There are no players with more hundreds in D/N tests. 

Only Travis Head (3), Asad Shafique (2), Dimuth Karunaratne (2), and Joe Root (2) have scored numerous D/N Test centuries.

Joe Root is the top run scorer among non-Australians with 639 runs, while his colleagues Steven Smith, Warner, and Head are the next three biggest run scorers in the format.  

Most runs in day-night tests:

1023 – Marnus Labuschagne (16 inns)

855* – Steve Smith (25 inns)

753 – David Warner (17 inns)

752 – Travis Head (16 inns)

Since making his debut in 2018, the 31-year-old has amassed more than 4,500 test runs at an average of more than 46.  Since then, he has represented Australia in 60 Tests, 66 ODIs, and one T20I.

In the ongoing second test of the Ashes 2025-26, Marnus Labuschagne made 65 in 78 balls with nine fours and one six before being dismissed by Ben Stokes.

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