Mitchell Ross Marsh (born 20 October 1991) is an Australian international
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. Marsh has represented Australia in all three forms of cricket, making his debut during the 2011–12 season.
Personal life
Marsh is the second son of
Geoff Marsh
Geoffrey Robert Marsh (born 31 December 1958) is a former Australian cricketer, coach and selector. He played 50 Test matches and 117 One Day Internationals for Australia as an opening batsman. As the coach of Australia he was in charge whe ...
and younger brother of
Shaun Marsh
Shaun Edward Marsh (born 9 July 1983) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Australia cricket team in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australia in all three formats. Nicknamed SOS ("Son of Swampy"), he is a left-h ...
, both of whom have played for the
Australian national side. His sister,
Melissa Marsh
Melissa Marsh (born 28 May 1985) is an Australian former professional basketball player. She spent her whole career playing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and State Basketball League (SBL).
Basketball career
Marsh played in t ...
, was a professional basketball player in Australian leagues and he is cousin to
West Coast Eagles
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player,
Brad Sheppard. He was raised in
Perth, Western Australia
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, where he attended
Wesley College.
Domestic career
Marsh made his debut for the Warriors at the age of 17 in February 2009 in a
Ford Ranger Cup
The One-Day Cup, known as the Marsh One-Day Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an Australian domestic List A 50-over limited-overs cricket tournament. It has had many different names, formats and teams since the inaugural 1969-1970 season. Initi ...
game at
Bunbury. He became the youngest ever player in an Australian domestic one-day game and Western Australia's youngest debutant for 70 years.
[Mitch Marsh]
Western Australia Cricket Association. Retrieved 9 August 2021. In April 2009, he played for
Australia's under-19 team against India and was the team captain during the
2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Under his leadership Australia won the tournament, Marsh having a successful tournament scoring 201 runs, including a match winning 97 in the semi-final against
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
Marsh was signed by
Deccan Chargers
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for the
2010 Indian Premier League and in 2011 was bought by
Pune Warriors
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, the team coached at the time by his father. He played for Pune for the three years that the team existed and in 2016 and 2017 played for
Rising Pune Supergiants
Rising Pune Supergiant (often abbreviated as RPS) was a franchise cricket team based in Pune, Maharashtra, that played in the Indian Premier League in 2016 and as a finalist in 2017. It was the second team representing Pune after Pune Warriors ...
for the two seasons that team existed.
Playing for
Australia A against
India A
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in July 2014 at
Allan Border Field
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It w ...
, Marsh scored 211 runs batting seventh in Australia's first innings, his first double century. He and
Sam Whiteman, who scored 174 runs, put on 371 runs for the seventh wicket, an Australian record and, at the time, the second-highest seventh-wicket partnership in first-class cricket. The previous Australian record, set by Queenslanders
Cassie Andrews and
Eric Bensted, had stood since the 1934–35 season.
In 2020 Marsh signed to play in England for
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial ...
in the
2020 t20 Blast
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competition, but the move was cancelled due to the rescheduling of the competition in the wake of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. He signed again for the 2021 season, but this move was also cancelled after Marsh was called up to play international cricket for Australia. He was bought by
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad (stylised as SunRisers Hyderabad, SRH) are a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by Kalanithi Maran of the SUN Group and was ...
for the 2020 IPL, although he only played in one match of the competition due to injury, and he withdrew from the
2021 Indian Premier League
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due to bio-bubble fatigue during the pandemic.
In the 2022 IPL Auction, Marsh was bought by the
Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals (formerly Delhi Daredevils) are a franchise cricket team based out of Delhi in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Group. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, ...
.
International career
In September 2011, Marsh was named in Australia's
Twenty20
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squad to
tour South Africa. He was later added to the
One Day International
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squad following
Brett Lee
Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world.
In each of his first two ...
's withdrawal due to injury. He made a spectacular debut for Australia in the second T20I match of the series, scoring 36 runs including four
sixes, three of which were hit in the final over of the Australian innings. In August 2014, Marsh scored 89 runs against
Zimbabwe
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in first match of the
Tri-series
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at
Harare Sports Club
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, adding 109 runs for the fourth wicket with
Glenn Maxwell
Glenn James Maxwell (born 14 October 1988) is an Australian professional cricketer, who represents Australia national cricket team in One Day International and Twenty20 International formats of the game and has played Test cricket for Australi ...
and contributing to partnerships of 47 and 33 with
Aaron Finch
Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986) is a Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in T20I and formerly captained the national team in ODI cricket. Finch currently holds the record for two of the three h ...
and
George Bailey. Later in the competition he scored 86
not out
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Occurrence
At least one batter is not out at t ...
against South Africa.
Marsh made his
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debut for Australia
against Pakistan in the
United Arab Emirates
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on 22 October 2014.
Playing regularly in the One Day International side, Marsh took a
five-wicket haul
In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman.
Takin ...
against
England
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during the
2015 Cricket World Cup
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, and scored his maiden ODI century
against India in 2016 at the
SCG.
He was, however, dropped from the Australian Test side after the first Test of the
2016–17 series against South Africa, coming back into the side during the
2017 series against India and playing in two Tests before he suffered an injury. Later in the year, he replaced
Peter Handscomb
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He plays as a middle-order batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. Handscomb has played for Australia in Tes ...
in the third match of
2017–18 Ashes series, scoring his maiden Test century. His first innings score of 181 was one short of his brother Shaun's career best score of 182.
In March 2018, Marsh was fined 20 percent of his match fee and given one demerit point for using offensive language during the second Test between Australia and South Africa, after being dismissed by
Kagiso Rabada
Kagiso Rabada (born 25 May 1995) is a South African international cricketer who plays all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He made his international debut in November 2014 in limited-overs cricket before going on to make his ...
. The following month, he was awarded a national contract by
Cricket Australia
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for the 2018–19 season and was named as cover for
Marcus Stoinis
Marcus Peter Stoinis (born 16 August 1989) is an Australian cricketer who plays limited overs cricket for the Australian national team. He is contracted to Western Australia and Melbourne Stars domestically, and has previously also played for P ...
ahead of Australia's
2019 Cricket World Cup
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match against
Pakistan
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in June 2019. The following month he was named in Australia's squad for the
2019 Ashes series
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in England, but was not selected for the first four Tests of the series. In the fifth and final match of the series, Marsh took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket, taking 5/46 in the first innings, but ended on the losing side.
In October 2019, Marsh broke his bowling hand after punching a wall, following his dismissal, during a
Sheffield Shield
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match against
Tasmania
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. As a result, he was forced to miss the start of Australia's
Test summer. In April 2020 he was again awarded a central contract ahead of the 2020–21 season and in July 2020 was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible
tour to England following the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. In August, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Marsh included in the touring party.
In July 2021, in the first
Twenty20 International
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match of
Australia's tour of the West Indies, Marsh scored his maiden T20I half-century, scoring 51 runs from 31 deliveries. He continued his good form, scoring another half-century in the following match and in the fourth T20I made 75 runs and took his career best T20I bowling figures of 3/24.
In August 2021, Marsh was named in Australia's squad for the
2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with the matches played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from 17 October to 14 November 2021. The West Indies were the defending champions, but were eventua ...
. On 14 November 2021, Marsh helped Australia win the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, scoring 77 runs in the final and earning player of the match.
Achievements
* Named in
ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year
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for the year 2021.
Beyond cricket
Marsh was also a talented
Australian rules football
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er early in his career and represented Western Australia at the
2008 AFL Under 18 Championships
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.
[Clarke, Ti]
Multi-talent Marsh paves way to pro-cricket
; WA Today; 6 February 2009
Career best performances
References
External links
*
Mitchell Marshprofile at ''
Wisden
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1991 births
Living people
Australia One Day International cricketers
Australia Test cricketers
Australia Twenty20 International cricketers
Australian cricketers
Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Deccan Chargers cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
Nagenahira Nagas cricketers
People educated at Wesley College, Perth
Perth Scorchers cricketers
Pune Warriors India cricketers
Rising Pune Supergiant cricketers
Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia
Western Australia cricketers
Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers
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