Shaun Marsh

Personal information

Full name

Shaun Edward Marsh

Born

9 July 1983 (age 33)
Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia

Nickname

SOS (Son of Swampy), Salt (Shaun "Salt" Marsh)

Height

186 cm (6 ft 1 in)

Batting style

Left-handed batsman

Bowling style

Slow left-arm orthodox

Role

Opening batsman

Relations

GR Marsh (father)
MR Marsh (brother)
M Marsh (sister)

International information

National side

Australia

Test debut (cap 422)

8 September 2011 v Sri Lanka

Last Test

3 November 2016 v South Africa

ODI debut (cap 165)

24 June 2008 v West Indies

Last ODI

30 January 2017 v New Zealand

ODI shirt no.

T20I debut (cap 30)

20 June 2008 v West Indies

Last T20I

31 January 2016 v India

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2000–present

Western Australia (squad no. 20)

2008–present

Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 14)

2011–present

Perth Scorchers

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	19	52	122	129
Runs scored	1,325	1,874	7,780	4,943
Batting average	40.15	38.24	40.73	41.53
100s/50s	4/5	3/12	20/36	12/27
Top score	182	151	182	186
Balls bowled	–	–	216	36
Wickets	–	–	2	1
Bowling average	–	–	77.50	31.00
5 wickets in innings	–	–	0	0
10 wickets in match	–	–	0	0
Best bowling	–	–	2/20	1/14
Catches/stumpings	16/–	13/–	119/–	44/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 January 2017

Shaun Edward Marsh (born 9 July 1983) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australia at Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International levels. Nicknamed SOS ("Son of Swampy"), he is a left-handed opening batsman and very occasional spin bowler.

Marsh and his younger brother Mitchell attended Wesley College in Perth where they excelled in cricket. In 1998 Shaun set the record, which was broken ten years later, for the highest average (210) in the Public Schools Association's Darlot Cup cricket competition.

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. 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.

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 three 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.

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