Labuschagne has Warne on mind with leggies

A day after the great legspinner's death, Marnus Labuschagne was still trying to be like Shane Warne on the cricket field.

Ambling in a little quicker than Warne, but hoping to rip the ball as hard as possible in a bid to beat the bat and showing every exaggerated emotion as he did it.

"I felt a little bit special, being able to bowl leggies out there," Labuschagne said after day two in Rawalpindi on Saturday.

Just once, the world's top-ranked bat and part-time bowler felt the connection with Warne as one dipped and gripped just enough to excite the senses.

And in doing so, he made the comparison that every Australian who's tried the art of leg spin in the past three decades has made.

"I actually said to Smudge (Steve Smith), 'that's Warne-like' when one spun real big," smiled Labuschagne, who took 1-53 before Pakistan declared at 4-476.

"Obviously there was nowhere near as much turn (compared to Warne).

"But I turned a few which gave me a little bit excitement."

Some 13,000 kilometres away in New Zealand it was the same story, where Alana King helped bowl Australia to victory in their World Cup opener against England.

One ball in particular caught the attention of the masses. It drifted, dipped, beat the bat of an England opener and the stumping was completed by a Healy in Alyssa.

And in a clear sign that Warne was on both Australian teams' minds, King quickly pounded the black armband on her left arm as a tribute to the late spinner.

Australia's women had woken to the shock news of Warne's death just hours before their game was meant to begin.

In Pakistan, the news was broken to Australian players on the way back to their hotel on Friday night after play.

By Saturday morning, when they took to the field, it was clear