Mitch Marsh

[sayon basak]

Marsh likely ends his career with batting stats of- 80 INN @ 28.58.
Bowling average of 51 wickets @ 40, from 74 innings

this is atleast twice too many Tests given. what a gift from AUS selectors to the opposition..

One of the worst all rounders, in the history of this sport, to play more than 40 test matches surely.

Moeen Ali has a good argument too.

 

[Spark]

Going into the series, these were the batting averages for the top 7 in the previous twelve months (McSweeney/Konstas obviously hadn't played at all yet):

Marsh 45.45
Khawaja 34.38
Carey 33.00
Smith 33.18
Labuschagne 27.08
Head 22.41

Now I still had basically no faith in him coming into this series and I always expected the bubble to pop (I wouldn't have recalled him when they did tbh), and I said so multiple times, but when someone's been your best bat for a year - probably the only one even at par output, bar maybe Carey - then they probably do deserve a little bit of a run. Even if they aren't bowling.

He absolutely shouldn't have played in Melbourne but I can see why he'd earned a bit of rope up until then.

To be fair the reason I wanted him dropped earlier wasn't actually performance related - it's that he was very obviously not fit, and the team management's claims otherwise were (and are) wholly unconvincing.

 

[halba]

mitch marshs career has ended at Test level with todays sacking.

hes had 20 tests too many. completely poor.

 

[kevinw]

Webster has probably "retired" him now.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Never write off a Marsh. Harder to kill off than roaches.

 

[Shady Slim]

Moeen Ali has a good argument too.

think ali’s a different case though bc the english selectors seemed to keep structuring the team shockingly and then moeen was the only man who filled the hole that they needed plugged; like if you pick ten guys and you’re still missing a spinner and an opener, you practically have to select moeen. so he was greater than the sum of his parts

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Talent wise he could've been De Grandhomme level, but he really struggled instead

 

[TheJediBrah]

Mitch Marsh has finally played his last Test . . . again

 

[Qlder]

Good move by selectors to 'rest' Marsh from the Test team. Now he can concentrate on captaining Australia to win the Champions Trophy

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'm genuinely concerned that his Test failures might have ****ed up his white ball form too. We'll have to see I guess

 

[halba]

Green would be in the team regardless tbh, he was the most in-form batsman over the year prior to this series.

Goes straight in as a specialist bat. Guys like Konstas/Khawaja/Labuschagne are under pressure to retain their spot in the next Ashes as Webster looks like a top 6 batsman. At worst, Green would be available as a specialist batsman for the Ashes.

 

[halba]

I'm genuinely concerned that his Test failures might have ****ed up his white ball form too. We'll have to see I guess

Probably different. White ball is flat conditions usually. Tennis ball bounce. Very Little seam, sideways movement. Same with VK- Kohli and Gill who are the best white ball players past 25-30 years but largely forgettable in tests currently.

 

[halba]

Moeen Ali has a good argument too.

he atleast took 204 wickets as a spinner. not many have taken >200+ wickets in this sport. Plus spinning averages are usually higher than pace bowlers. So its 100% marsh. He definitely played his last test, as Webster is there, and plenty of other options e.g. Abbott, and the returning Cam Green who will be available(atleast for batting) by mid year onwards. Cameron green out for 6 months- Had back surgery in October, so hes available from around June onwards assuming some build up, I imagine he will only be available for bowling from the Ashes onwards.

 

[halba]

Webster has probably "retired" him now.

Averaged 96 in his first test, so effectively retired Marsh yep. You would think based off this excellent match winning effort in a key series- Webster would be given a long rope- atleast 15-20 tests to see if hes reasonable enough atleast as a specialist no.6 bat, which means thats the end of Marsh thank goodness.

 

[halba]

Mitch Marsh's immediate return to cricket after his Test axing has ended in disaster after he copped a first-ball duck in the BBL on Tuesday night. The 33-year-old was named in the Perth Scorchers' clash with the Melbourne Renegades at Optus Stadium, and the news had Scorchers fans thrilled with the Aussie T20 captain set to add some serious firepower to their BBL campaign.

But his first BBL game in three years started with a horror golden duck after he missed a straight delivery from Will Sutherland to be out lbw. Marsh was dropped for Australia's fifth and final Test against India at the SCG after a period of struggles with bat and ball.

‘No right to win!’: Renegades pull off miracle chase from 4-10 as Marsh’s horror run worsens

‘No right to win!’: Renegades pull off miracle chase from 4-10 as Marsh’s horror run worsens

www.foxsports.com.au

I think hes finished in all formats? The end is near?