The Australian cricket nice died at 74 in an Adelaide hospital on March 4, simply over every week after struggling a coronary heart assault
The Australian cricket nice died at 74 in an Adelaide hospital on March 4, simply over every week after struggling a coronary heart assault
Dennis Lillee led the tributes Thursday at a funeral service for his buddy and former Australian teammate Rodney Marsh on the Adelaide Oval.
The Australian cricket nice, who shaped a protracted and prolific wicket-taking partnership with tempo bowler Lillee, died in an Adelaide hospital on March 4, simply over every week after having a coronary heart assault throughout a fundraising occasion in Queensland state. He was 74.
Marsh was half of a catchphrase that was synonymous with the period of take a look at cricket: “caught Marsh, bowled Lillee.” They mixed a file 95 instances to dismiss opposition batters in take a look at cricket.
Marsh’s casket, with purple and white flowers on prime, was in entrance of the rostrum as various audio system got here ahead throughout the service. On the finish of the service, the casket made a ultimate circuit of the pitch at Adelaide Oval, with previous cricketers forming a guard of honor.
Lillee attended Thursday’s service on the stadium’s William Magarey Room, as did former nationwide captains Ian Chappell and Allan Border, tempo nice Jeff Thomson and former take a look at participant David Boon. Different more moderen ex-test gamers included Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden and Ian Healy.
“I nonetheless cannot imagine that our mate and mate to many is not round anymore,” Lillee informed a gathering of about 300 individuals.
“It is taken me days to write down my ideas down on this wonderful bloke.
“However I do not need to speak about his cricketing capability . . . it is the particular person Rod Marsh that I beloved. I’ve obtained to say that it hasn’t all the time been that means; it was one thing that grew over time, even after our careers had been completed.” Marsh is survived by his spouse, Ros, and sons Paul, Dan and Jamie.
Marsh and Lillee made their take a look at debuts within the 1970-71 Ashes collection towards England and retired after a take a look at towards Pakistan in 1984. Each completed with 355 dismissals, data on the time for a wicketkeeper and for a quick bowler.
Marsh performed within the first one-day worldwide in 1970 and retired from top-level cricket after his 92nd ODI, towards the West Indies in February 1984.
A left-handed batter, he was the primary Australian wicketkeeper to attain a century in take a look at cricket — towards Pakistan at Adelaide in 1972 — and completed his profession with three. He later led the nationwide cricket academies in Australia and in England and was the inaugural head of the Worldwide Cricket Council’s world teaching academy in Dubai.
In 2014, he was appointed as Australia’s chairman of selectors and held the place for 2 years.
His older brother Graham, a retired skilled golfer who received the 1977 Heritage Traditional on the U.S. PGA Tour, recalled their early days in Western Australia state enjoying cricket with their father.
“Rod could not get sufficient, throwing himself at any ball that got here close to him, even one directed at me he’d seize proper from below my nostril,” Marsh stated.
“I all the time wished to be on his workforce and he’d do something to guard his household,” he stated.
“They are saying youthful brothers usually stroll within the shadow of their older brothers however child brother, it has been an honor to stroll in your shadow.”
