Marnus Labuschagne has started the summer with a century for Queensland as he fires up his quest to return to the Test side for the Ashes series, but his return to form hasn’t come without a slice of controversy.

The Bulls skipper brought up his hundred off just 92 deliveries in the One-Day Cup clash against Victoria at Allan Border Field on Wednesday.

But it was almost all over for Labuschagne in the 23rd over when he inadvertently got in the way of a run-out chance that opened up for Victoria.

The 31-year-old was unaware that his non-striker Matthew Renshaw had taken off for a run when he defended a ball from Victorian seamer Mitchell Perry, instead occupied with making sure the ball didn’t roll back onto his stumps — which it was never in any danger of doing.

Labuschagne reached

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