Shaun Edward Marsh was born on 9th July 1983 in Narrogine, Western Australia, Australia. He is the son of the legendary Aussie cricketer Geoff Marsh. He is a left-handed batsman and has represented the Australian cricket in all the three formats of the international cricket.
He is also known as the production of the under 19 cricket program of ICC. He represented the Aussie under-19 cricket team and was the leading run scorer in the world cup tournament held in New Zealand in 2001-02. He made his first class debut in 2001 against South Australia representing Western Australia.
Owing to the good form in the tournament in Australia he was selected in the 15 man squad of Kings XI Punjab in IPL season 2008. Although he missed the first four games if the tournament but still he was the leading scorer and was awarded the orange cap. Shaun Marsh was chosen in the inaugural IPL dream team chosen by the cricketing website Cricinfo along with cricket superstars such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne.
Owing to his outstanding performance he got the chance in his national team and made his T20 debut at 20th June 2008 against West Indies at Bridgetown. He made his ODI debut on 28th October 2008 against South Africa at Kings Mead Durban. He has scored 1274 runs in 36 ODI's and 108 runs in 7 T20s.
After a long wait of 3 years Shaun Marsh made his test debut on 16th September 2011 against Sri Lanka and smashed the century on his debut. He became the 19th player to score the century at the debut match. He has proved by his performances that he can play best when given the chance.
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