Laura Marsh

Laura Marsh

Marsh playing for England in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Laura Alexandra Marsh
Born	(1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 37) Pembury, Kent, England
Nickname	Boggy
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England (2006–2019)
Test debut (cap 146)	8 August 2006 v India
Last Test	18 July 2019 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 103)	17 August 2006 v India
Last ODI	7 July 2019 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	7
T20I debut (cap 19)	13 August 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I	28 July 2019 v Australia
T20I shirt no.	7
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–2011	Sussex (squad no. 7)
2011–2019	Kent (squad no. 7)
2015/16	New South Wales
2015/16	Sydney Sixers
2015/16	Otago
2016–2019	Surrey Stars
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA Matches 9 103 67 252 Runs scored 151 682 755 2,514 Batting average 12.58 13.91 16.41 18.35 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/11 Top score 55 67 54 80 Balls bowled 2,045 5,328 1,497 11,690 Wickets 24 129 64 301 Bowling average 33.79 26.84 20.64 22.69 5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 4 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/44 5/15 3/12 5/15 Catches/stumpings 4/– 25/– 7/– 68/–
Source: CricketArchive, 14 March 2021

Laura Alexandra Marsh (born 5 December 1986) is an English former cricketer.^[1] Born in Pembury, Kent, she began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She played county cricket for Kent Women, represents the Rubies and made her Test debut against India in 2006. She was part of the England team that retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008 and in England in 2009. She was also part of teams that won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2009 and 2017.^[2] In December 2019, Marsh announced her retirement from international cricket,^[3] and announced her retirement from all forms of the game in August 2020.^[4] In April 2022, she became interim head coach of Sunrisers for the 2022 season.^[5]