I know where I am; I'm on zero and it was a fast bouncer'

"You're damn right, I know where I am! I'm in Madison Square Garden getting the s*** kicked out of me!" As he faced a concussion test after being struck second ball by Jofra Archer at Lord's, Marnus Labuschagne came close to echoing the words of the former light heavyweight boxing champion Willie Pastrano when a doctor asked him if he knew where he was in the middle of a fight.

The way Labuschagne bounced immediately back up from the blow, punching his gloves together as Archer checked on him, was an unwitting prelude to the main act: a highly organised, brave, and alert 59 that ensured Australia's safety from defeat. But facing the same process that had ended in ruling Steven Smith out of the Test - meaning Labuschagne became the first concussion substitute in Test cricket - he was just hoping to get on with things.