Melbourne: Australian cricketer Marnus Labuschagne has become the highest run-scorer in the longest format of the game in 2019. Labuschagne is also the only player to score more than 1000 runs in Test this year.

The right-handed batsman finished the year with 1104 runs, while the second-placed Steven Smith is 139 runs behind him. Labuschagne is in sublime form in Test series against New Zealand as he had smashed one ton and two half-centuries during the series.