No.3 Shaun Marsh

[FishingRick04]

Have I missed something? Hasn't he played most of his cricket as an opener? If so, why do people insist he's a number three?

I would much rather he opens with Warner myself

 

[The Passenger]

he's played pretty much his entire first career at 3 and 4.

opens occasionally, but rarely (maybe never. i can't be arsed checking but i think he has on a handful of occasions)... from 109 first class innings i'd be suprised if more than 10 were opening.

opens in one day cricket fairly often.

 

[Yabba]

I think in Shield cricket he has mainly batted at 3 or 4. In OD cricket he has mainly been an opener though.

 

[Bucking Beads]

He has played 90% of his cricket as 3 and 4 I thought. If he can stay injury free he is a lock in for 3 or opener IMO.

 

[Phone]

he's literally played **** all as an opener

 

[Esky Lid]

Tend to think Playing #3 for West Australia in the last 10 years , you are pretty much an opener after the first 3 balls of each innings anyway !!

.. Probably get to face a ball before the opener at the Non Strikers end !

Invers & Marshy will know this !!!!!!!!!

 

[Upgrayedd]

Give him Number 4

 

[dajesmac]

Warner and Watson to open for mine. I know I'm in the minority there.

Marsh at 3, UK at 4.

 

[BarneyBent]

He's rarely played as an opener, and when he has, he's done bugger all. Then again, he hadn't done much better at 3/4, but he still went well at Test level, so....

 

[FishingRick04]

Maybe its the ODI's that I'm thinking of, don't follow the shield passionately! cheers

 

[King Elvis]

I honestly don't understand why Marsh is being looked to as a Saviour.

He's not that good, and he's constantly injured.

 

[The Passenger]

Tend to think Playing #3 for West Australia in the last 10 years , you are pretty much an opener after the first 3 balls of each innings anyway !!

at the end of the day if you can bat at number three, you can open the batting. very rare for this not to be the case. funnily enough one of our best ever number 3's, ricky ponting, is probably a case where this wouldn't be the case given he has always had the tendancy to fall across his stumps early in his innings. coming up against the new ball every innings and still doing that is tough work.

 

[Ducky Tie]

Warner and Watson to open for mine. I know I'm in the minority there.

Marsh at 3, UK at 4.

That's the way I'd go too.

 

[Thommo 42]

I honestly don't understand why Marsh is being looked to as a Saviour.

He's not that good, and he's constantly injured.

Agree, he is a poor mans Marcus North

 

[Bomber Bears]

I honestly don't understand why Marsh is being looked to as a Saviour.

He's not that good, and he's constantly injured.

I agree, really, but he had a couple of good innings to start with which means he's awesome (because we need instant success from our debutents, to try and cover the failing veterens).