Shaun Marsh ( Australian Cricket Team Member )

Shaun Marsh

Batting style:   Left Handed bat
Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox
Played for:      Australia, Kings XI Punjab, Western Australia,
                        Australia Under-19, Perth Scorchers, Batsman


 
Profile

Shaun Marsh first grabbed headlines in the 2008 IPL, where he scored over 600 runs at an astonishing average of 68.44 and was named “Batsman of the Series”.

A representative of Western Australia’s Under-17 and Under-19 teams, the left-hander made his first-class debut for Western Australia in 2000 and scored his maiden hundred against NSW in 2004-05. 2007-08 proved his best season where he was averaging 60 in first-class cricket and also hit a career best unbeaten 166. His exploits in the ‘Big Bash’ earned him a contract with Kings XI Punjab in the inaugural IPL where his ability to pick the length of the delivery early and play around in ‘V’ earned him five fifties and a century. Australian selectors immediately handed him his T20 and ODI debut against the West Indies and he went on to score a fine 81 in the latter. He also had a good 2009 South African tour with a maiden ODI century against the Indians the same year. Marsh had to wait for long for his Test debut, but he soon got one in 2011 against Sri Lanka. It was not less than a dream debut for him as he announced himself by striking a blazing 141, with father Geoff Marsh watching him from the stands.

Following the retirements of batting greats Gilchrist and Hayden, Marsh is one of the players who have come to the fore. If he does perform to his potential, he may just have a chance to serve the ‘baggie green brigade’ for a long time in future.

Fast Facts

Shaun Marsh was Australia’s second highest run-getter in the 2000 Under-19 WC and their third in the 2002 edition.
He was the Warriors’ highest run-getter in the 2007-08 ‘Ford Ranger Cup’ and was also the leading run-scorer in the ‘Big Bash’ the same year.
Marsh was the recipient of the ‘Lawrie Sawle Medallist’ in 2007-08, an award given to the best player in Western Australia state cricket for the year.
He is the son of former opening batsman Geoff Marsh, and brother of Mitchell Marsh, who is also a cricketer.

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