- Mitchell Marsh
-
Mitchell Marsh Personal information Full name Mitchell Ross Marsh Born 20 October 1991
Armadale, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaNickname Mitch Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium Role Middle order batsman Relations GR Marsh (father)
SE Marsh (brother)
M Marsh (sister)Domestic team information Years Team 2009 – Present Western Australia 2010 Deccan Chargers 2011-present Sahara Pune Warriors Career statistics Competition FC LA T20 Matches 3 6 1 Runs scored 181 238 3 Batting average 45.25 47.60 3.00 100s/50s 0/2 0/3 –/– Top score 59* 92 3 Balls bowled – – 14 Wickets – – 4 Bowling average – – 1.50 5 wickets in innings – – – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling – – 4/6 Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/– 1/– Source: CricketArchive, 1 January 2010 Mitchell Ross 'Mitch' Marsh (born 20 October 1991 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors& Sahara Pune Warriors in the IPL. He is a Wesley College Old Boy and holds the record for most runs in one Darlot Season, while Shaun Marsh, his brother, holds the highest Darlot average. He is a middle order batsman who bats right-handed and is a medium fast bowler. He is the son of former Australian vice-captain and coach Geoff Marsh and the younger brother of current Australian opener Shaun Marsh.
Marsh made his debut for the Warriors at the age of 17 in February 2009 in a Ford Ranger Cup 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.[1] In April 2009, he was given the opportunity to play for Australia's Under 19s squad against India, in Australia.
Contents
2010
Marsh was handed the captaincy for the 2010 U-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.
Marsh was drafted to the Deccan Chargers for the 2010 IPL.
2011
Marsh was selected by the Sahara Pune Warriors, who are coached by his father, Geoff Marsh, for US$ 290,000 in the IPL Auction 2011. He played in five matches, scoring a total of 50 runs and taking 7 wickets.[2]
In September 2011, he was named in Australia's Twenty20 squad to tour South Africa.[3] Later, when Brett Lee withdrew due to injury, he was added to the Australian One Day International squad as well.[4] On 16 October he made a spectacular début for Australia in the second Twenty20 match, scoring 36 runs including four sixes, three of which were hit in the final over of the Australian innings.[5]
Other
Marsh is also a talented Australian rules footballer and represented Western Australia at the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships.[6]
References
- ^ History in the Making This Sunday at Hands Oval; 6 February 2009
- ^ 2011 IPL statistics
- ^ Mitch Marsh named in Aust T20 side
- ^ Mitchell Marsh to stay on for Lee
- ^ Mitchell Marsh gets Australia to 147
- ^ Clarke, Tim Multi-talent Marsh paves way to pro-cricket; WA Today; 6 February 2009
External links
Western Warriors – current squad 1 Beaton* · 2 Behrendorff* · 3 Beer · 4 Birt · 5 Cameron · 6 Coulter-Nile · 7 Davis · 8 Dixon* · 9 Duffield · 10 Harris · 11 Hussey+ · 12 M. A. Johnson* (†) · 12 M. G. Johnson+ · 13 Knowles · 14 M.R. Marsh · 15 S. E. Marsh+ · 16 North (c) · 17 Paris* · 18 Paskal · 19 Rimmington · 20 Robinson · 21 Ronchi (†) · 22 Voges (vc) ·
Coach: ArthurCategories:- 1991 births
- Living people
- Western Australia cricketers
- Deccan cricketers
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- People educated at Wesley College, Perth
- Australia Twenty20 International cricketers
- Australia One Day International cricketers
- Pune cricketers
- Australian cricket biography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
