Shaun Marsh is a left-handed opening batsman for the Australian cricket team. He was born in Narrogin, Western Australia, on July 9, 1983.
His dad, former Australian opener Geoff Marsh, is a former Australian cricketer, and his younger brother Mitchell, like Shaun, also plays for Australia. Marsh has appeared in the format of the game for Australia.
Background
Marsh has always been involved in cricket, thanks to his father, who introduced him to the game at a young age and provided him with an international grounding and a backyard net. Shaun became one of the best run-makers in the world as a result of this early drive.
He attended Wesley College in Perth and excelled in his studies. In the Public Schools Association’s Darlot Cup cricket competition in 1998, Marsh set the record for the highest score of 210, which was only broken ten years later.
He was a member of the Western Australian Under 17 team. His results won him a spot in the Australian Under-19 World Cup squads in 1999 and 2001. He was Australia’s second-highest run scorer in the 1999 edition, behind only Shane Watson.
Marsh has featured for Glamorgan, Yorkshire, Perth Scorchers, Jamaica Tallawahs, and Kings XI Punjab throughout his career.
Debut
Shaun Marsh rose to prominence after playing for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League’s inaugural season in 2008. He finished the tournament as the top run scorer, with a century in the final group match against Rajasthan. Despite missing the first four tournaments, he was able to accomplish this feat.
His successes in the IPL and the former Big Bash League earned him a contract with Cricket Australia, and he joined the Australian team.
Marsh, on the other hand, grew more used to the game’s longer formats as the years passed. In the first test against the West Indies in Hobart in 2015, he scored an impressive 182, his highest score to date.
Records
He is just the 19th Australian to score a century in his first Test match.