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“Yeah, most of Australia hates me” – Mitchell Marsh made this statement during the final Test of the 2019 Ashes series. He was playing his first international game after more than a year in the wilderness.
Australia is a land of people who love their sport and take pride in competitiveness. There had never been any doubt about the amount of talent possessed by Mitchell Marsh. The non-fulfilment of this potential was the cause of such divided opinion about the all-rounder back home.
Rewinding a year from 2019, Mitchell Marsh was one of the two vice-captains in the Australian Test side. But later that particular season, he was out of Cricket Australia’s (CA) central contract and nowhere in the picture for their World Cup preparations.
His whole career has gone on through a series of ups and downs. The level of inconsistency meant that the younger Marsh almost always found himself short in the debates about who the best cricketer in the Marsh family is.
Mitchell Marsh – a potential yet to be fulfilled
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