1. Mitchell Ross Marsh was born on 20 October 1991 and is an Australian international cricketer who represents Australia in all three formats.
62 Facts About Mitchell Marsh
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Mitchell Marsh currently plays for Western Australia, at for domestic cricket, and Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League.
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Mitchell Marsh was a member of the Australian teams that won the 2015 Cricket World Cup, 2021 T20 World Cup and vice-captain for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
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Mitchell Marsh previously played for Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors India, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals.
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Mitchell Marsh's sister, Melissa Marsh, is a former professional basketball player and he is cousin to retired AFL player, Brad Sheppard.
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Mitchell Marsh was raised in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Wesley College.
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Mitchell Marsh made his debut for the Warriors at the age of 17 in February 2009 in a Ford Ranger Cup game at Bunbury.
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Mitchell Marsh became the youngest ever player in an Australian domestic one-day game and Western Australia's youngest debutant for 70 years.
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Under his leadership Australia won the tournament, Mitchell Marsh having a successful tournament scoring 201 runs, including a match winning 97 in the semi-final against Sri Lanka.
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Mitchell 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.
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Mitchell Marsh 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.
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In 2020, Mitchell Marsh signed to play in England for Middlesex County Cricket Club in the 2020 t20 Blast 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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Mitchell Marsh signed again for the 2021 season, but this move was cancelled after Marsh was called up to play international cricket for Australia.
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Mitchell Marsh 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.
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Mitchell Marsh was signed by the Seattle Orcas for the first edition of Major League Cricket in March 2023.
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In September 2011, Mitchell Marsh was named in Australia's Twenty20 squad to tour South Africa.
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Mitchell Marsh was later added to the One Day International squad following Brett Lee's withdrawal due to injury.
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Mitchell Marsh 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.
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Mitchell Marsh made his Test match debut for Australia against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014.
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In March 2018, Mitchell 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.
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In October 2019, Mitchell Marsh broke his bowling hand after punching a wall, following his dismissal, during a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania.
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In July 2021, with regular top-order bats David Warner and Steve Smith unavailable, Mitchell Marsh was promoted to No 3 for the first time in T20Is, in the first Twenty20 International match of Australia's tour of the West Indies, Mitchell Marsh scored his maiden T20I half-century, scoring 51 runs from 31 deliveries.
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Batting No 4 in the fourth match, Mitchell Marsh only scored 11 before being bowled.
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Mitchell Marsh was pushed back to 3 in the fifth game but scored 4, out lbw.
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In October 2021, despite the return of Smith, Mitchell Marsh retained the No 3 position for the first match of the World Cup against South Africa.
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Mitchell Marsh was dropped for Australia's third game, against England, replaced by Smith who only managed 1 run as England cruised to an 8-wicket run over Australia.
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Mitchell Marsh's dropping drew criticism from Shane Warne, who said he would have Mitchell Marsh at No 3 over Smith in T20Is.
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Mitchell Marsh was recalled for the next match against Bangladesh, he scored 16 not out in an 8-wicket win for Australia.
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In February 2022, Mitchell Marsh was named in Australia's Test, ODI and T20Is squads for a tour of Pakistan.
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Mitchell Marsh remained outside of the Test team but injured his hip at training so was unavailable for the 3 ODIs and 1 T20I.
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In June 2022, Mitchell Marsh injured his calf in the 2nd T20I against Sri Lanka, ruling him out of the 3rd T20I and the first 2 ODIs.
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Mitchell Marsh then suffered an ankle injury after the 1st ODI against Zimbabwe forcing him out for the rest of the series and the following ODI series against New Zealand.
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In September 2022, Mitchell Marsh was named to return from injury for both the 2022 T20 World Cup and T20I tour of India.
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Mitchell Marsh was later withdrawn from the Indian series as precaution.
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In October 2022, Mitchell Marsh returned from injury in the 1st T20I against the West Indies but only scored 3 runs, out caught.
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Mitchell Marsh was named for the England T20I series in which he played all 3 games with scores of 36,45 and 0.
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Mitchell Marsh opened the batting scoring 35 runs against India in the 2022 T20 World Cup warm-up match against India.
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Mitchell Marsh had a disappointing World Cup with only 106 runs in 4 matches with scores of 16,17,28 and 45.
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In December 2023, Mitchell Marsh underwent ankle surgery, again ruling him out of another home summer and potential Test recall.
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In March 2023, Mitchell Marsh returning from injury, was promoted to open the batting in ODIs for the first time, in a 3-match series against India.
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Mitchell Marsh scored 81,66 not out and 47, earning player of the series award.
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In July 2023, Mitchell Marsh made his long-awaited Test return in the 3rd Ashes Test against England at Headingley to replace injured all-rounder Cameron Green.
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In September 2023, Mitchell Marsh scored 4 runs in the 1st ODI and 96 runs in the 3rd ODI against India in ODIs while opening the batting.
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In October 2023, Mitchell Marsh was named as Australia's ODI vice-captain for the 2023 World Cup.
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Mitchell Marsh was out for 0 in the opening match of the World Cup against India.
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Mitchell Marsh scored 7 against South Africa and a half century against Sri Lanka with 52 runs.
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Mitchell Marsh returned home for a brief period for a family emergency, missing the match against England before returning against Afghanistan, scoring 24.
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Mitchell Marsh was out for 0 in the semi-final against South Africa and out for 15 against India in the Final.
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In December 2023, Mitchell Marsh scored 90,63 not out, 41,96 and 54 in the 3 Tests against Pakistan, in his first home test series since 2018.
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In January 2024, Mitchell Marsh only managed scores of 5,21 and 10 in the 2 Test series against the West Indies.
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Mitchell Marsh was named for the T20I series but rested for the ODI series against West Indies.
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Mitchell Marsh returned to form with 72 not out in the 1st T20I against New Zealand, 26 in the 2nd before being rested for the 3rd T20I.
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Mitchell Marsh scored 40 in the 1st innings of the 1st test before he scored 0 in the 2nd innings and 0 in the 1st innings of the 2nd test before scoring 80 to end the series.
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In May 2024, Mitchell Marsh was named as Australia's captain for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament Australia failed to make the T20 World Cup finals for the second straight T20 World Cup and the first under Mitchell Marsh as captain.
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Mitchell Marsh again failed to fire only managing a top score of 37 for the tournament.
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In September 2024, Mitchell Marsh captained Australia to a 3-nil T20I series victory against Scotland.
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Mitchell Marsh scored 2 in the 1st T20I before missing the last 2 games due to illness against England in a drawn series.
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Mitchell Marsh returned to the ODI team as captain in the absence of Pat Cummins.
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Mitchell Marsh scored 10,60,24 and 28 in the first four ODIs before being injured bowling in the 4th ODI.
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Mitchell Marsh was dropped for the 5th Test for 31-year old debutant Beau Webster.
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In January 2025, Mitchell Marsh was dropped from the Test team for the tour of Sri Lanka.
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Mitchell Marsh was unavailable due to injury for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.