Australian captain Pat Cummins says that he wants Marnus Labuschagne to be a bit proactive while batting at No. 3.

Marnus Labuschagne is having a rough patch in Cricket with the bat. Across the last 8 Tests he has played, he managed to get only 330 runs at a dismal average of only 23.57, including four fifties and 10 single digit scores.

He faced 52 deliveries in the first innings of Perth Test and made only 2 runs. And then in the second innings, chasing a daunting 534 runs, he was trapped LBW by Jasprit Bumrah on 3.

"He's training well like he always does, hitting millions of balls," Cummins said.

"It's pretty impossible to kind of dismiss or ignore some of the commentary about perhaps being a little bit more proactive, so I think you've seen that side of it in the nets. The challenge is always going out there and making sure you have that mindset. But he's been great like he always is. Always working on things, trying to plan how he's going to score his hundred this Test."

Cummins accepted the fact that Australia were not upto the mark in Perth and urged his batters to learn lessons from the mistakes.
"I hope there's some lessons learnt," he said.

"The good thing is, batting and bowling we've now had a look at them, they've had a look at us as well, but you get a look at some of the bowling plans that you want to implement. The same with the batters, they know how they are going to be attacked first up. I'm sure - well, I really hope - everyone's kind of learnt a bit and come back here slightly better prepared having had a look at what they are going to throw at us."

Australia have already revealed their XI for the second Test as only one change was made, Scott Boland replacing injured Josh Hazlewood.