Marnus Labuschagne will return to Glamorgan for a seventh year with the club, as the Australian is set to play two matches for the county in May.

Labuschagne, 30, has played 57 test matches for Australia and has become Glamorgan’s long-term overseas player since he first signed in 2019.

International commitments and the recent arrival of his second child has limited Labuschagne’s availability for the Welsh county.

The batter is set to play for Australia in the ICC World Test Championship against South Africa at Lord’s on June 11, with two Glamorgan matches providing the perfect chance to acclimatise to conditions.

Glamorgan play Middlesex and Northamptonshire at Sophia Gardens in May – the two matches that Labuschagne will be available for. With Colin Ingram and Asitha Fernando Glamorgan’s current overseas players, Labuschagne’s arrival offers the chance to rest rotate the other two in the middle of the taxing early season schedule.

Labuschagne has hit 10 hundreds and 13 fifties for Glamorgan in County Championship cricket, staying with the county after his form earnt him a recall to the Australian test team in 2019.

Glamorgan were handed another boost ahead of their match with Jonathan Trott and Ian Harvey joining the coaching staff.

Former England batter and current Afghanistan head coach Trott is working with the county for a month on a consultancy basis, while ex-Australia all-rounder Harvey – a former assistant of Glamorgan boss Richard Dawson as Gloucestershire – is expected to be at Sophia Gardens during the T20 Blast campaign.

“Ian and Jonathan were helping out the day before the Derbyshire game and the first three days, providing players with the opportunity to chat to them and helping David Harrison on deck, and having a wealth of experience across the bases,” Dawson said.

“They’ll keep on dipping in and out for the short term, and we’ll put plans in place for them through the season on how they can add to our environment and help the boys get better.”

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