Mitchell Ross Marsh is a cricketer who represents Australia on the international stage. He was born on October 20th, 1991. Marsh is a member of the Australian cricket team when it comes to all three formats of the game, and he made his debut during the 2011–12 season. Marsh is now serving as the Temporary Twenty20 International (T20I) captain, the One-Day International (ODI) vice-captain, and the Test vice-captain after the ball-tampering controversy that occurred in 2018.
Marsh was in the Australian team that won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2021 and the One-Day International World Cup final in 2023. Additionally, Marsh was a member of the squad that won the One-Day International World Cup final in 2015. Marsh made his first appearance for the Warriors in a Ford Ranger Cup game in Bunbury in February of 2009. He was just 17 years old at the time. As a result, he became the youngest player to ever compete in a domestic one-day game in Australia. Additionally, he became Western Australia’s youngest debutant in seven decades.
In April 2009, he was a member of the Australian under-19 squad that competed against India. He also served as the captain of the team for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2010. Marsh had a fantastic campaign where he scored 201 runs, including a match-winning 97 in the semi-final against Sri Lanka. Under his leadership, Australia was able to win the event.
Mitchell Marsh Biography
| Name | Mitchell Marsh |
| Full Name | Mitchell Ross Marsh |
| Date of Birth | 20 October 1991 |
| Place of Birth | Attadale, Australia |
| Other Names | Bison, Mitch |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Father’s Name | Michelle Marsh |
| Mother’s Name | Geoff Marsh |
| Siblings | Shaun Marsh, Melissa Marsh |
| Spouse | Greta Mack |
| Marriage Date | 10 April 2023 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Batting Allrounder |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm medium |
| ODI Debut | October 19, 2011 vs. South Africa |
| Test Debut | 22nd. October 2014 vs. Pakistan |
| Favourite Food | Butter Chicken and Garlic Naan |
| Favourite Actor | Johnny Depp |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | NA |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
The Deccan Chargers signed Marsh for the 2010 Indian Premier League season, and then in 2011, the Pune Warriors, the club that Marsh’s father was coaching at the time, purchased him. It was during the three years that Pune was in existence that he played for the team. In addition, he played for Rising Pune Supergiants for the two seasons that the franchise was in existence, which were 2016 and 2017.
Marsh achieved his maiden double century when playing for Australia A versus India A at Allan Border Field in July of 2014. He made 211 runs while batting sixth in Australia’s first innings — this was his first double-century. In first-class cricket, he and Sam Whiteman, who scored 174 runs, put up a partnership that resulted in 371 runs for the seventh wicket. This partnership set a new record for Australia and was the second-highest seventh-wicket partnership at the time.
Cassie Andrews and Eric Bensted, both of Queensland, had previously established the Australian record, which had been in place since the 1934–1935 championship season. Marsh had signed a contract to play for Middlesex County Cricket Club in England for the 2020 Twenty20 Blast tournament; however, the transfer failed to materialize as a result of the postponement of the championship in response to the COVID-19 epidemic.
Because Marsh was called up to play international cricket for Australia, he signed another contract for the 2021 season; however, this move was also canceled once Marsh was called up. Even though he was only able to participate in one match of the tournament owing to an injury, Sunrisers Hyderabad purchased him for the 2020 Indian Premier League. However, he withdrew from the 2021 Indian Premier League due to bio-bubble exhaustion that he experienced during the pandemic.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 40 | 2 | 648 | 89 | 20.25 | 507 | 127.81 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 37 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 23 | 21.50 | 24 | 179.17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 128 | 63 | 14.22 | 97 | 131.96 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 251 | 89 | 31.38 | 189 | 132.80 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 11 | 63.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 1 | 141 | 38 | 20.14 | 106 | 132.07 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 37 | 25.00 | 49 | 102.04 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 14.00 | 30 | 93.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 40 | 536 | 744 | 36 | 4/25 | 20.67 | 8.33 | 14.89 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 24 | 52 | 0 | 0/52 | – | 13.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 121 | 170 | 12 | 4/27 | 14.17 | 8.43 | 10.08 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | 72 | 102 | 4 | 2/25 | 25.50 | 8.50 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0/6 | – | 9.00 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 54 | 45 | 4 | 2/14 | 11.25 | 5.00 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 9 | 116 | 182 | 7 | 2/7 | 26.00 | 9.41 | 16.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 85 | 99 | 7 | 4/25 | 14.14 | 6.98 | 12.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 60 | 88 | 2 | 1/19 | 44.00 | 8.80 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 |
Marsh received a spot in Australia’s Twenty20 team that was going to visit South Africa in September of 2011. After Brett Lee withdrew from the One Day International squad due to an injury, he was eventually considered for inclusion in the team. In the second Twenty20 International match of the series, he had a remarkable debut for Australia, hitting 36 runs, including four sixes, three of which were struck in the penultimate over of the Australian innings. His performance was nothing short of amazing.
Marsh scored 89 runs against Zimbabwe in the opening match of the Tri-series, which took place at Harare Sports Club in August of 2014. He also added 109 runs for the fourth wicket with Glenn Maxwell and contributed to partnerships of 47 and 33 runs with Aaron Finch and George Bailey. Later on in the campaign, he won the match against South Africa with a score of 86 not out.
Marsh, who was a regular member of the One Day International team, was responsible for a five-wicket haul against England at the 2015 Cricket World Cup. In 2016, Marsh hit his first one-day international century against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. With that being said, he was removed from the Australian Test team during the first test of the 2016–17 series against South Africa. However, he was reinstated to the team for the 2017 series against India and played in two tests before suffering an injury.
In the latter part of the year, he took over for Peter Handscomb in the third match of the 2017–18 Ashes series, when he scored his first-ever century in a test match. His score of 181 in the first inning was one point lower than his brother Shaun’s career-high score of 182 in the same inning. After being dismissed by Kagiso Rabada in the second test match between Australia and South Africa in March 2018, Marsh was handed a fine equal to twenty percent of his match fee and one demerit point for using foul language during the play.
Cricket Australia presented him with a national contract for the 2018–19 season the following month, and he was also designated as the cover for Marcus Stoinis in advance of Australia’s match against Pakistan in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, which will take place in June of that year. During the month that followed, he was included in Australia’s team for the 2019 Ashes series that would be played in England; however, he was not chosen for the first four Test matches of the series. Marsh recorded his maiden five-wicket haul in Test cricket during the fifth and final match of the series. He collected 5/46 in the first innings of the contest, although ultimately, the team ended up losing.
