Mitchell Marsh

Mitchell Marsh
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Ross Marsh
Born 20 October 1991 (1991-10-20) (age 20)
Armadale, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nickname Mitch
Batting style Right-handed bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder
Relations GR Marsh (father)
SE Marsh (brother)
M Marsh (sister)
International information
National side Australia
Only ODI (cap 190) 19 October 2011 v South Africa
Only T20I (cap 54) 16 October 2011 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009– Western Australia (squad no. 10)
2010 Deccan Chargers
2011 Pune Warriors India
2011– Perth Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 1 1 17 22
Runs scored 8 36 593 600
Batting average 36.00 21.96 33.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 1/2 0/4
Top score 8* 36 111 92
Balls bowled 24 6 1,053 480
Wickets 1 0 22 19
Bowling average 19.00 27.68 22.26
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/19 6/84 4/40
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 9/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2011

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.

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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.[1] In April 2009, he was given the opportunity to play for Australia's Under 19s squad against India, in Australia.

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.

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]

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