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Full name Shaun Edward Marsh
Born July 9, 1983, Narrogin, Western Australia
Current age 25 years 97 days
Major teams Australia,Kings XI Punjab,Western Australia
Nickname Sos
Playing role Lower middle order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
1.84 m
Relations Father - GR Marsh,Brother - M Marsh
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
8
8
1
333
81
47.57
437
76.20
0
3
34
2
0
0
T20Is
1
1
0
29
29
29.00
22
131.81
0
0
1
2
0
0
First-class
48
88
13
2687
166*
35.82
5763
46.62
4
13
38
0
List A
46
44
3
1472
103
35.90
1951
75.44
1
11
8
0
Twenty20
23
23
3
1015
115
50.75
752
134.97
1
8
94
41
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
48
144
120
2
2/20
60.00
5.00
72.0
0
0
0
List A
46
36
31
1
1/14
1/14
31.00
5.16
36.0
0
0
0
Twenty20
23
1
6
11
0
-
-
-
11.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
West Indies v Australia at Kingstown, Jun 24, 2008 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, Sep 6, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I
West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 20, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
Western Australia v New South Wales at Perth, Oct 10-13, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Western Australia v New South Wales at Perth, Oct 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, Jun 20, 2008 scorecard
Profile
As a child Shaun Marsh spent a lot of time in the Australian set-up travelling with his father Geoff, the former opening batsman. The international grounding and a backyard net helped develop Marsh into one of the finest young batsmen in the country. It also gave him a taste of what he could expect on his first trip with the national team when he was picked in the one-day squad to tour the West Indies in 2008. That selection came after his most consistent domestic summer that also earned him his first Cricket Australia contract - the selectors view him as a long-term top-order prospect - and the title as Western Australia's Player of the Year. It was quite a response after Marsh was suspended by the state for two games following a drinking session in November. He fought back to finish the summer as the Warriors' leading one-day run scorer with 318 at 39.75 and a solid Pura Cup contributor with 663 at 60.27. The top Twenty20 batsman in the country with 290 at 58, he came to international prominence in the inaugural Indian Premier League, where he was the competition's leading runscorer with 616 runs at 68.44.
More gifted than his father - "He's got a few more shots than me," Geoff once said - Marsh is a left-hander who impressed the tough judges of Steve and Mark Waugh while scoring his maiden first-class century in 2003. The milestone arrived with two sixes in a row over midwicket off Mark Waugh's offspin and a rash of compliments. "It's a pretty good feeling when the Australia captain comes up to you and says well done, mate," Marsh said. The second century had to wait until 2004-05 as he struggled with concentration, the finest trait of his father's batting, and was in and out of the state side. However, he picked up 503 runs with two centuries that summer and in 2005-06 continued to show his consistency with five fifties in a collection of 676 at 37.55. In the one-day game he was even more entertaining with 296 runs at 49.33. His next summer was quieter, with a top score of 50 from his six Pura Cup outings as he collected 226 runs at 20.54. An Australia A representative, Marsh attended the Academy before making his first-class debut in 2000-01 and was part of the Australia Under-19 squad that won the World Cup in 2002.
Peter English April 2008
