Mitchell Marsh signs a T20 Blast deal with Glamorgan, the Australian all-rounder will play for Glamorgan in the upcoming T20 Blast season. The deal was done on Monday June 3.
He is set to join his brother Shaun Marsh in the Glamorgan team, he joined the team after playing for Australia A. He said that he is pretty excited to play for Glamorgan.
“I’m very excited to join the T20 Blast team Glamorgan, i have heard good things about the club and city and i am looking to improve myself as a cricketer. To play in the Vitality Blast will be really amazing experience for me” he said.
“Shaun has obviously told me a lot about the club and how friendly are the team staff, players, coaches are so i am really looking forward to get started” he added.
“There’s a lot of talent in the club and they have done well over the last few years in the competition so we will be definitely looking forward to reach the knockout stage of the tournament and hopefully claim some silverware” he said.
Mitchell Marsh has played a total of 74 T20 matches and has scored 1487 runs and has bagged himself 43 wickets. “The team was actually looking for an experienced all-rounder who is flexible when it comes to both batting and bowling” The Director of Cricket, Mark Wallace said.
“With the experience of IPL and Big Bash League he is a great signing for the Glamorgan team for the upcoming Vitality T20 Blast. We have been looking towards him for a long time and i think he will be a great signing for the team” he added more.
The Australian was born in Attadale, Perth on October 20, 1991 and has represented the the home nation Australia in big games. He has played for Deccan Chargers, Pune Warriors India and Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL.