India, Sept. 7 -- Australia chief selector George Bailey isn't too worried that Marnus Labuschagne hasn't scored many runs in Test matches in recent years. Labuschagne has been struggling for some time now, and recently, in a two-Test series against Bangladesh, things went from bad to worse for him. Despite that, he has been retained in the three-Test squad against hosts South Africa.

Bailey said that despite the problem at No.3, the team has won more often than not, and that's key. "I think our batting group in its entirety, not just Marn, probably hasn't been functioning as successfully as we would like. But also not shying away from the fact that we've continued to win a lot of Test matches over that period, and ultimately that's the ...