Shaun Marsh
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| Full name | Shaun Edward Marsh | |||
| Born | 9 July 1983 | |||
| Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia | ||||
| Nickname | SOS (Son of Swampy) | |||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | |||
| Batting style | Left-hand opening bat | |||
| Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
| Role | Opening batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 165) | 24 June 2008 v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 30 January 2009 v South Africa | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 9 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2000 - Present | Western Australia | |||
| 2008 - Present | Kings XI Punjab | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | FC | List A | |
| Matches | – | 13 | 51 | 56 |
| Runs scored | – | 551 | 2,755 | 1,840 |
| Batting average | – | 45.91 | 34.01 | 36.07 |
| 100s/50s | –/– | 0/5 | 4/13 | 1/14 |
| Top score | – | 81 | 166* | 103 |
| Balls bowled | – | – | 144 | 36 |
| Wickets | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| Bowling average | – | – | 60.00 | 31.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | – | 2/20 | 1/14 |
| Catches/stumpings | –/– | 1/– | 40/– | 10/– |
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 January 2009 |
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Shaun Edward Marsh (born 9 July 1983 in Narrogin, Western Australia), is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors in Australian domestic cricket. The left-handed opening batsman is the son of former Test cricketer Geoff Marsh.
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[edit] Junior career
After representing Western Australia at Under 17 and Under 19 level, Marsh represented Australia at both the 1999-2000 and 2001-02 ICC Under-19 World Cups. In the 1999-2000 tournament, held in Sri Lanka, he was the second highest run scorer for Australia behind Shane Watson, and other notable teammates included played alongside Michael Clarke, Nathan Hauritz and Mitchell Johnson.[1] At the 2001-02 tournament in New Zealand, which Australia won, he scored the fourth most runs for the tournament, with the captain of the Australian side, Cameron White being the leading run scorer.[2]
During this time, Marsh made his first-class cricket debut in 2000/01, against South Australia at the WACA Ground in March 2001. He played as a middle order batsman, and played this final 3 games of the season, before continuing to represent both the Australian Under 19 side and the Australian Cricket Academy throughout 2001 in the lead-up to the World Cup in New Zealand in January to February 2002.
[edit] Domestic career
In October 2002, Marsh was named to play for Western Australia against the touring English XI in a two day practice match (not classified as first-class)prior to the 2002-03 Ashes. Marsh top scored for the match with 92 runs against an English bowling attack consisting of Matthew Hoggard, Stephen Harmison, Andy Caddick and Ashley Giles.[3] He was not selected for the three-day match held soon after, but was selected to make his List A debut for the Warriors in an ING Cup match against South Australian in November 2002.[4] Marsh would play in 9 ING Cup games and 3 Pura Cup during the 2002-03 season and he made his maiden first-class hundred against a NSW side featuring Steve & Mark Waugh in 2003.[5]
Over the next few years he cemented his position in the Warriors middle order, averaging over 35 in first class cricket in 2004-05 and 2005-06.[6] He was named in the Australia-A side for a mid-year tournament in Cairns in July 2006. After a relatively poor 2006-07 season, he returned to top form in 2007-08 in all forms of the game. In first-class cricket he made his highest career score of 166 not out (as part of a 268 run 4th-wicket partnership with Luke Pomersbach and averaged over 60 runs per completed innings.[6] In the 2007-08 Ford Ranger Cup 50-over competition, Marsh made his debut century and was the Warriors' top run scorer.[7] In Twenty20 cricket he was the competition's leading run scorer, highest average and had the highest individual score. [8]
Partway through the 2007/08 season, with the retirement of Justin Langer and the move of Chris Rogers to Victoria, Marsh switched batting positions to become an opening batsman like his father Geoff.[9] At the end of the season, he was named the Lawrie Sawle Medallist for being the best player in the Western Australian state cricket team for the 2007/08 season.[10]
[edit] Indian Premier League career
This spell of good form was rewarded with a contract in the 2008 Indian Premier League, where he opened the batting for the Kings XI Punjab.[11] Despite missing the opening four games of the tournament, Marsh scored the most runs in the league stage of tournament, including a century in the final league stage match against the Rajasthan Royals. He received the orange cap for scoring most runs in the 2008 IPL tournament.[12][13] Shaun Marsh was chosen in the inaugaural IPL dream team chosen by the cricketing website Cricinfo along with cricket superstars Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne as well as other young talents like Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Yusuf Pathan.[14]
[edit] International career
His excellent form during the 2007-08 season lead to Marsh being given a Cricket Australia Contract and being called up to the Australian Cricket tour of the West Indies.[15]
He made his debut for Australia in June 2008 in a Twenty20 game against the West Indies alongside fellow West Australian debutant, Luke Ronchi. Opening the batting with Ronchi, they compiled an opening partnership of 57 runs from the first 6 overs, with Marsh being dismissed soon after for 29 runs from 22 balls, including 2 sixes and a four.[16] He made a memorable One Day International debut a few days later, top scoring for the match with 81 runs from 97 balls and winning the man of the match award.[17] With the recent retirements of two of Australia's longest-serving ODI opening batsmen in Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, Marsh has been able to claim one of the opening batsmen positions for the 2008-09 season.[18] In the South African tour of Australia, Marsh has performed well in the opening two ODI matches, top-scoring in both matches and winning the man of the match award in the second game. He has scored more than 50 in 5 of his 10 matches, but is still yet to beat his high score of 81 from his first match.[19]
Marsh was included in the Test cricket squad for Australia's tour of India in 2008, but was not selected for a match.[20]
[edit] Personal life
Marsh was suspended for two matches by the WACA in November 2007 for breaking the team rules by drinking alcohol to excess with Luke Pomersbach.[21]
Shaun's younger brother Mitchell[22], is also predicted to follow in his brother and father's footsteps and has been rookie contracted to the Western Warriors for the 2008/2009 season. At the age of 16 he had already represented Western Australia at both Under-17 and Under-19 level and also broke the record for most runs in the Perth schools competition, the Darlot Cup, where he scored 739 runs at an average of 105.57.[23]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ 1999-2000 ICC Under 19 World Cup Australian team batting statistics
- ^ 2001-02 ICC Under 19 World Cup Most Runs
- ^ WA vs England XI], 24-25 October 2002
- ^ Western Australia vs South Australia scorecard, 6 November 2002
- ^ Western Australia vs New South Wales scorecard
- ^ a b First-class statistics by season
- ^ Ford Ranger Cup 2007-08 Western Australia Batting Statistics
- ^ KFC Big Bash 2007-08 Batting Statistics
- ^ Marsh eyes an opening role; 10 April, 2008
- ^ AAP; Son of Swampy Called Up; The Age;2008-04-02
- ^ Shaun Marsh joins Mohali; Cricinfo; 2008-04-09
- ^ Most Runs in IPL, 2008 season
- ^ Marsh century conquers Rajasthan
- ^ Short-form allstars
- ^ Bollinger and Marsh receive contracts; Cricinfo;2008-04-09
- ^ West Indies vs Australia Twenty20 Scorecard; 20 June 2008
- ^ West Indies v Australia 1st ODI Scorecard; 24 June 2008
- ^ Stubbs, Brett; Shaun Marsh plans to lead Australia's batsmen; 18 January 2009
- ^ Stubbs, Brett; Shaun Marsh unhappy despite key innings for winning Australians; 19 January 2009
- ^ Foreman, Glen; WA cricketer Shaun Marsh out to impress selectors; 13 November 2008
- ^ Clarke, Tim; Warriors opener Chris Rogers says side must cope without dropped players; 21 November 2007
- ^ Mitchell Marsh Cricinfo Profile
- ^ Young Warriors name new-look squad; Cricinfo;30 April 2008
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