Daniel Marsh

Daniel James Marsh (born 14 June 1973) is a former Australian cricketer who captained the Tasmanian Tigers. The son of former Australian keeper Rod Marsh, he was a right-handed batsman and a handy slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He played for the South Australia early on in his career and played County Cricket for Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

Daniel Marsh

Personal information
Full name	Daniel James Marsh
Born	(1973-06-14) 14 June 1973 Subiaco, Western Australia
Nickname	SOB (Son of Bacchus)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Left-arm orthodox spin
Role	All rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1993/94–1995/96	South Australia
1996/97–2009/10	Tasmania (squad no. 4)
2001	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 139 126 13 Runs scored 7,524 3,085 182 Batting average 37.80 33.90 16.54 100s/50s 15/40 4/16 0/0 Top score 157 106* 30 Balls bowled 15,499 3,721 173 Wickets 168 61 9 Bowling average 48.96 48.96 26.33 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 7/57 4/44 3/18 Catches/stumpings 175/– 58/– 5/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 August 2009

Dan Marsh was a powerful striker of the ball and was capable of occupying the crease for long periods. He led the Tasmanians to just their second ever trophy when they won the 2004–05 ING Cup. He contributed a half century in the final. As Tasmania's stand-in captain in the absence of Australian Test cricket captain Ricky Ponting, Marsh led Tasmania to its maiden Pura Cup final win in 2006–07, and also captained the Tiger's to their third domestic one-day trophy when they won the Ford Ranger Cup in 2007–08.

Whilst Ricky Ponting was officially the Tasmanian cricket captain from 2001/02 until he announced he was standing down on 21 November 2007, this was primarily a ceremonial appointment in order to have the Australian captain as Tasmanian captain as well. In effect Marsh, his Vice-Captain, performed the captaincy duties on most occasions, and was appointed outright following Ponting standing aside.[1] He retired from First Class Cricket at the end of the 2009–10 Australian domestic season.[2]