Mitchell Marsh

Mitchell Ross “Mitch” Marsh is an Australian international cricketer. Marsh represents Australia in all three forms of cricket, making his debut during the 2011 – 12 season.

Marsh is the Australian T20I captain, ODI vice – captain and also served as Test vice – captain after the 2018 Australian ball – tampering scandal.

With his national side, he won multiple ICC tournaments: the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the 2023 Cricket World Cup and the 2021 T20 World Cup.

Early life:

Marsh is the second son of Geoff Marsh and younger brother of Shaun Marsh, both of whom have played for the Australian national side. His sister, Melissa Marsh, was a professional basketball player and he is cousin to retired AFL player, Brad Sheppard.

He was raised in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Wesley College.

In addition to cricket, Marsh was also a talented Australian rules footballer in his youth and represented Western Australia at the 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships.

In April 2023, he married Greta Mack.

Domestic Career:

• 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. 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.
• Playing for Australia A against India A in July 2014 at Allan Border Field, 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.

Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 Franchise Career:

• Marsh was signed by Deccan Chargers for the 2010 Indian Premier League and in 2011 was bought by Pune Warriors, 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 for the two seasons that team existed.
• He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad 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 due to bio – bubble fatigue during the pandemic.
• In the 2022 IPL Auction, Marsh was bought by the Delhi Capitals

International Career:

• In September 2011, Marsh was named in Australia’s Twenty20 squad to tour South Africa. He was later added to the One Day International squad following Brett Lee’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.
• Test match debut: for Australia against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014