Personal Life

Marsh is the second son of Geoff Marsh and the younger brother of Shaun Marsh, both of whom played for the Australian national team. His sister Melissa Marsh was a professional basketball player and he is cousin of retired AFL player Brad Sheppard. He grew up in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Wesley College.

In addition to cricket, Marsh was also a talented Australian rules footballer in his youth and represented Western Australia at the 2008 AFL Under-18 Championships.

In April 2023 he married Greta Mack.

Domestic Career

Marsh made his debut for the Warriors in February 2009 at the age of 17 in a Ford Ranger Cup game at Bunbury. He became the youngest-ever player in a one-day Australian domestic game and Western Australia's youngest debutant in 70 years. In April 2009 he played for Australia's under-19 team against India and was team captain at the 2010 Cricket World Cup under-19. Under his guidance Australia won the tournament, Marsh had a successful 201-run tournament including a 97 match win in the semifinals against Sri Lanka.

Signed by Deccan Chargers for the Indian Premier League in 2010, Marsh was bought in 2011 by Pune Warriors, the team then coached by his father. He played for Pune in the three years that the team existed and played for Rising Pune Supergiants in 2016 and 2017 in the two seasons that the team existed.

Playing for Australia A against India A at Allan Border Field in July 2014, Marsh hit 211 runs in Australia's first innings, his first double century, and finished seventh. He and Sam Whiteman, who scored 174 runs, pitched 371 runs for the seventh wicket, an Australian record and at the time the second-highest seventh wicket partnership in first-class cricket. The previous Australian record, set by Queenslanders Cassie Andrews and Eric Bensted, had stood since the 1934/35 season.

In 2020, Marsh signed a contract to play in England for Middlesex County Cricket Club in the 2020 t20 Blast competition, but the move was canceled due to the postponement of the competition in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. He re-signed for the 2021 season but that move was also canceled after Marsh was called up to play international cricket for Australia. He was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2020 IPL, although he only played in one match in the competition due to injury, and he withdrew from the 2021 Indian Premier League due to bio-bubble fatigue during the pandemic.

In the 2022 IPL auction, Marsh was bought by Delhi Capitals.

Marsh was signed by the Seattle Orcas for the inaugural edition of Major League Cricket in March 2023.

International Career

In September 2011, Marsh was called up to Australia's Twenty20 squad to tour South Africa. He was later included in the One Day International squad following Brett Lee's injury-related retirement. He made a spectacular debut for Australia in the second T20I match of the series, scoring 36 runs including four sixes, three of which were hit in the final over of the Australian innings. In August 2014, in the first game of the Tri-Series at Harare Sports Club, Marsh scored 89 runs against Zimbabwe, adding 109 runs for the fourth wicket with Glenn Maxwell and contributing to partnerships of 47 and 33 with Aaron Finch and George Bailey. Later in the competition he did not score 86 against South Africa.

Marsh made his friendly debut for Australia against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates on 22 October 2014.

A regular at One Day International, Marsh won five wickets against England during the 2015 Cricket World Cup and scored his first ODI century against India at the 2016 SCG. However, he was left out of the Australia test team after the first Test of the 2016/17 series against South Africa, returned to the team during the 2017 series against India and featured in two Tests before picking up an injury. Later in the year he replaced Peter Handscomb in the third game of the 2017–18 Ashes series and scored his first Test century. His first innings total of 181 was just one short of his brother Shaun's career-best 182.

In March 2018, Marsh was fined 20 per cent of his match fee and given a minus point for using offensive language during the second test between Australia and South Africa after being sacked by Kagiso Rabada. The following month he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season and was named cover for Marcus Stoinis ahead of Australia's 2019 Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan in June 2019. The following month he was called up to Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England but was not selected for the first four Tests of the series. In the fifth and final match of the series, Marsh took his first five-wicket pull in Test cricket with 5/46 in the first innings but finished on the losing side.

In October 2019, Marsh broke his hand bowling after hitting a wall during a Sheffield Shield game against Tasmania after being dismissed. As a result, he had to miss the start of the Australian Test Summer. In April 2020 he was again given a central contract ahead of the 2020/21 season and was called up to a 26-man provisional squad of players in July 2020 to begin training ahead of a potential tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic . In August, Cricket Australia confirmed the matches would go ahead, with Marsh being accepted into the tour, although he only played in the limited overs matches on the tour.

In July 2021, in the first Twenty20 International match of the Australian West Indies tour, Marsh scored his first half-century T20I, scoring 51 runs from 31 deliveries. He continued his good form and scored another half century in the following match, and in the fourth T20I he made 75 runs and posted his career-best T20I bowling numbers of 3/24.

In August 2021, Marsh was named in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. On 14 November 2021, Marsh helped Australia win the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, scoring 77 runs in the final and being named player of the match. Marsh was selected for the 2023 Ashes Tour of England.

On 6 July 2023, Marsh was brought in for the 3rd Ashes Test against England at Headingley to replace injured all-rounder Cameron Green. Coming to the crease just before lunch on the first day with 4 for 85, he scored his third Test century, a quick 118 from 118 balls, with powerful strokeplay including 17 fours and 4 sixes, and 113 runs in the second session. It was his first Test match appearance since 2019 and his first century outside Australia, the others coming at home against England in the 2017–18 Ashes series. Mark Taylor described it as Marsh's best century as he arrived at the crease with 4/85 against Australia and England who were looking to finish the game. Mel Jones, commentating on the innings, noted Marsh's unflappable temperament and assertiveness at the crease despite not having had game time in previous months.

On 7 August 2023, Marsh was named captain of the T20 team for the tour to South Africa, with the possibility of taking over permanently for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Successes

Named ICC Men's T20I Team of the Year for 2021.