The Ashes summer is well and truly under way, with barbs flying between the two Test camps as regularly as leather off the bat of Marnus Labuschagne.

That's right, because Labuschagne is very much back in form with yet another hundred — his fourth in all formats in the past month.

If the Queenslander is firming as a selection lock, here's how the rest of the wannabes and hopefuls faced up around the country in round two of the Sheffield Shield.

1. Marnus is very much back

In our round one round-up , we postulated that the excitable Queensland batter may well be back.

Well, since then, he's scored another two centuries and is firming as an absolute lock for a spot in the batting line-up when the Ashes get underway in Perth.

His 197-ball 159 in Adelaide once again outlined how ric

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