Geoff Marsh
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Test debut (cap 333) | 13 December 1985 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 25 January 1992 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 91) | 14 January 1986 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 11 March 1992 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1977/78–1993/94 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 17 June 2018 |
Geoffrey Robert Marsh (born 31 December 1958) is an Australian former cricketer, coach and selector. He played 50 Test matches and 117 One Day Internationals for Australia as an opening batsman. Marsh was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup. As the coach of Australia he was in charge when Australia won the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England. He later coached Zimbabwe (2001–2004) and Sri Lanka (2011–12).
Playing career
Marsh was a steady, solid right-handed opening
Marsh established himself as a solid competitor on the domestic front and was on the fringes of the national team for a number of years before winning selection in the
He soon made the opening position his own (despite his mediocre batting average of 33.18[2]), batting alongside the likes of Mark Taylor and David Boon, and became an integral part of the Australian One Day International team. He along with David Boon became the first pair of openers to notch hundreds in a same ODI innings for the team[3]
Marsh played international cricket over a seven-year period, ending in 1992.
He is best remembered for his part in the Australian team that won the
Coaching career
Marsh retired from playing cricket in 1994 before taking up coaching. In July 1996 he was chosen as coach of the Australian national Test and One Day International teams, playing a vital part in continuing his country's positions as the top cricketing nation of the time. He was the coach of the Australian team that won the
He left the Australian coaching job and soon became a selector for the
In mid 2009 Geoff was appointed Head Coach of the Fremantle District Cricket Club, a club which Geoff spend most of his senior playing career with.
He was appointed as the head coach for the team Pune Warriors India which made its IPL debut in 2011.
In September 2011, he was appointed as the head coach of the Sri Lanka national team. However, his tenure lasted barely four months. After Sri Lanka lost the Test and ODI series of their tour of South Africa in December 2011 and January 2012, he was dismissed and replaced by Graham Ford.[4]
Family
Geoff Marsh is only the third Test player - after Walter Hadlee and Lala Amarnath - to have two sons play Test cricket:[5] Shaun Marsh, who made his test debut against Sri Lanka in 2011; and Mitchell Marsh, who made his test debut against Pakistan in 2014. The Marsh family took in the family of England cricketer Tom Curran in Zimbabwe after the Curran family were evicted from their farm. Curran made his England Test debut in the 4th Ashes Test of 2017 playing against Shaun and Mitchell who played for Australia in the same game.
Geoff Marsh's daughter Melissa Marsh played state basketball in the WNBL and was captain of the Perth Lynx.
Career highlights
Tests
Test Debut: vs
Last Test: vs India, Adelaide, 1991–1992
- Marsh's best Test batting score of 138 was made against England, Nottingham, 1989
One-day internationals
ODI Debut: vs
Last ODI: vs
- Marsh's best ODI batting score of 126 not out was made against 1987 World Cup
- He captained Australia in four ODIs, winning three and losing one
First class cricket
Marsh scored 11,760 runs at 39.46, with 33 centuries.
- As of June 2018, his score of 355 not out for Western Australia against Southern Australia in December 1989 is the 31st highest score in first-class cricket history, and the 10th highest by an Australian.
Notes
- ^ "Nicknames not dopey, even for cricketers". The Courier-Mail. 28 December 2010.
- ^ "HowSTAT! Test Cricket - Highest Batting Average for Each Batting Position". HowStat. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "BOTH OPENERS SCORING A HUNDRED IN AN INNINGS". cricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Graham Ford appointed Sri Lanka coach". ESPNcricinfo. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ Geoff Marsh and sons make history, ESPNcricinfo, 22 October 2014
References
- Benaud, Richie (1991). Border & Co: A Tribute To Cricket's World Champions. Hamlyn Australia. ISBN 0-947334-31-9.
External links
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