Rodney Marsh, the Aussie cricketer died today from Heart Stroke at age of 74. He was part of the ubiquitous caught Marsh, bowled Lillee combination, which accounted for close to 100 victims. The talented, aggressive on the field but gentleman off it wicketkeeper carved his niche in the world of cricket. A quintessential Aussie, he excelled in sledging, the hallmark of his compatriot cricketers.
He kept wickets to the speedster duo of Lillie and Thompson who created havoc among the opponents. Many were surprised how a girl named Lilian Thompson can make the opposition sweat (Lillie and Thompson duo were often mistaken as a woman named Lillian Thompson). Marsh admitted of standing couple of yards behind his usual wicket keeping position while he kept wicket to Geoff Thompson and still his hands hurt. Thompson was the fasted bowler then.
Marsh was a maverick cricketer who was known for guzzling 40 something beers in a flight from Australia to England. Once while keeping wickets he taunted then in form English batsman Ian Botham who was at crease - "How are your wife and my kids". The mercurial Beefy Botham responded to the sledging - "Wife is fine, but the kids are retarded". RIP Rodney Marsh.
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