"2023 and 1987": Australia's Mitchell Marsh Celebrates World Cup Win With Father Geoff

20.11.2023 - 18:53 sports.ndtv.com

Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh expressed happiness with his team's ICC Cricket World Cup title win, posting a picture with his father, legendary batter Geoff Marsh who has also lifted the gold with Aussies back in 1987.

Marsh took to Instagram to post a picture of him holding the trophy with his father. "2023 and 1987," said the caption of Marsh's story.

Mitchell Marsh had a solid Cricket World Cup. In 10 matches, Marsh scored 441 runs at an average of 49.00, with a strike rate of over 107.

He scored two centuries and a fifty in the tournament, with the best score of 177*. He ended up as the tenth-highest run-scorer in the tournament and also took two wickets.

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