The 96-Test former wicketkeeper was put in an induced coma after suffering a major heart attack last week
Australian cricket great Rod Marsh has died, aged 74. The former wicketkeeper suffered a heart attack in Queensland last week and was placed in an induced coma. He died in Adelaide on Friday.
Marsh played the first of his 96 Tests for Australia in 1970 and came to be regarded as one of his country’s greatest players. He called time on his Test career in 1984, hanging up his gloves with what was then a world record of 355 dismissals and 3,633 Test runs to his name.
Continue reading…The 96-Test former wicketkeeper was put in an induced coma after suffering a major heart attack last weekAustralian cricket great Rod Marsh has died, aged 74. The former wicketkeeper suffered a heart attack in Queensland last week and was placed in an induced coma. He died in Adelaide on Friday.Marsh played the first of his 96 Tests for Australia in 1970 and came to be regarded as one of his country’s greatest players. He called time on his Test career in 1984, hanging up his gloves with what was then a world record of 355 dismissals and 3,633 Test runs to his name. Continue reading…