rod marsh Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
rod marsh is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Rodney William Marsh
Born
November 04, 1947, Armadale, Perth, Western Australia
Died
March 04, 2022, Adelaide, South Australia, (aged 74 years old)
Also Known As
Iron Gloves, Bacchus
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 96 | 92 | - | - |
Inn | 150 | 76 | - | - |
Runs | 3633 | 1225 | - | - |
Avg | 26.33 | 20.08 | - | - |
SR | 50.08 | 82.27 | - | - |
HS | 132 | 66 | - | - |
NO | 12 | 15 | - | - |
100s | 3 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 16 | 4 | - | - |
4s | 381 | 86 | - | - |
6s | 24 | 17 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 96 | 92 | - | - |
Inn | 2 | - | - | - |
Balls | 72 | - | - | - |
Runs | 54 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | - | - | - |
BBI | 3 / 0 | - | - | - |
BBM | 3 / 0 | - | - | - |
Eco | 4.5 | - | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- DJ Marsh
- JI Marsh
- P Marsh
- Australia
- Western Australia
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Right from his Western Australia days, Rod was a highly respected figure both among his peers and the fans. Discipline and work ethics meant the world to him - a fact that underlined his international career throughout. Even as he rose to be a great wicket-keeper, his batting skills also came to the fore many a time, often under crisis situations. Unlike the modern era, the wicketkeepers in those days were primarily required to only be a good gloveman - runs with the bat termed as a bonus. Yet, Rod was good enough to be picked as a batsman alone, considering his caliber. When at the peak of his powers, he chose to join the breakaway World Series Cricket, organized by Kerry Packer and did extremely well. After the success, he smoothly got back to international cricket and continued to excel for the country.
Rod's wicket combination with Lillee is statistically the most successful bowler-keeper combo in Test history. At the time of retirement, he was also the most successful gloveman in the five-day format. After a fine Ashes tour in 1981, his form started dipping over the next couple of years which ultimately led to his retirement after the 1983-84 season. Post-retirement, Rod took active interest in Australian cricket, being appointed the Chairman of the Cricket Academy. The success brought him an offer from arch-rivals England in 2002 and to the surprise of many, Rod took up the offer. He gradually became a selector there, leaving just after the country's historic Ashes triumph in 2005. Soon after, he became the Chairman of selectors for his home country Australia, a post he held respectfully till his exit in 2016.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Thick-set in build and combative in approach, Rodney Marsh remains one of the most respected wicketkeepers to have ever played international cricket. During a Test career which bridged a period of 14 years until his retirement in 1983-84, he collected a then world-record tally of 355 dismissals; the combination of his concentration, athleticism and highly skilled glovework earning him enormous admiration among spectators and fellow players alike. Marsh enjoyed no easy passage to the top - he was forced to cool his heels at first-class level as a specialist batsman initially and then endured strident criticism when he was promoted to the national team ahead of the popular Brian Taber - but there was little argument about his credentials in either arena thereafter.
Although he did not cut the perfect athletic figure, Marsh was nimble-footed and his capacity to move acrobatically to intercept errant deliveries and catches was a constant feature. He was an invaluable player for both Western Australia and Australia, and the inextricability of his association with the fast bowler Dennis Lillee - the dismissal "caught Marsh bowled Lillee" was recorded 95 times in Tests - is one of the legends of cricket in their country. Apart from his wicketkeeping talents, he was also an excellent batsman in his own right, scoring three Test centuries, and his forceful strokeplay lay at the core of many stubborn Australian lower-order performances.
After retirement, Marsh enhanced his already glowing reputation with a fruitful stint as the head of the Australian Cricket Academy at Adelaide, overseeing players such as Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee. Taking his talents abroad in 2002, Marsh was teased by his former team-mates for accepting the director's role of the old enemy's new National Academy. A year later one of the toughest men to play for Australia was appointed an England selector, and he has made useful contributions to the country's on-field renaissance. Stepping down from both roles in September 2005, he left having helped England regain the Ashes.
John Polack