Mitchell Marsh (02-08)

Hailing from a strong cricketing family, allrounder Mitchell Marsh has represented Australia in all three forms of cricket.

Known as one of Australian cricket’s most powerful players, Mitch showed promise in the sport from a young age. During his time at Wesley, he was a member of the winning Darlot Cup team in both 2006 and 2008.

In 2009, he made his state debut at age 17, the youngest-ever debutant in the Australian One-Day Cup competition. He was earmarked for high honours when he captained Australia Under-19s to victory in the 2010 World Cup in New Zealand, and by 19 years of age, he had earned an international call-up.

Mitch made his Test match debut for Australia against Pakistan in 2014. His Test highlights include two centuries in the Ashes 2017–18 home series and figures of 5-46 at The Oval in 2019. Mitch’s older brother, renowned cricketer Shaun Marsh (96–99–00) also attended Wesley, with the brothers famously making Test centuries in the same innings in 2018.

In 2017, Mitch took over as captain of Western Australia, guiding WA to the One-Day Cup title and winning that year’s Laurie Sawle Medal.

After battling injury and self-confessed challenges in form, Mitch made his triumphant return to international Test cricket midway through the 2023 Ashes with a pivotal century at Headingley, in England — his first century outside of Australia.

Over his career, Mitch has established himself as a crucial player for Australia’s white-ball sides and is considered one of world cricket’s most dominant limited over allrounders.

In the 2021 T20 World Cup, Mitch scored a half-century in the final group stage match against the West Indies. Australia then went on to defeat New Zealand in the final game of the series thanks to a spectacular performance by Mitch, hitting 77 not out off 50 balls. He was named Player of the Match and Australia won their first World Cup in this format.

Mitch captained the Australian Cricket team’s T20 side for the first time in South Africa in 2023.

In 2024, Mitch received the prestigious Allan Border Medal and was named as captain of Australia’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20World Cup Tournament.