Australian white ball captain Mitch Marsh is set to make his first Sheffield Shield appearance of season 2025-26, when Western Australia takes on Victoria at the MCG starting Thursday 4 December.
MARSH TO MAKE SHIELD RETURN
Marsh played two Sheffield Shield matches for WA at the beginning of the 2024-25 season, prior to featuring in Australia’s successful Border-Gavaskar Trophy campaign against India.
The powerful right-hander has played two One-Day Cup matches for WA already this season, including the victory over Victoria at CitiPower Centre on Tuesday.
Marsh’s inclusion offsets the loss of talented allrounder Cooper Connolly, who played a starring role with the bat in WA’s most recent Sheffield Shield outing against South Australia.
WA has otherwise named the same squad that drew with South Australia in the day-night encounter late last month.
WA Squad for the Sheffield Shield clash with Victoria: Sam Whiteman ©, Cameron Bancroft, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Joel Curtis, Albert Esterhuysen, Sam Fanning, Cameron Gannon, Jayden Goodwin, Aaron Hardie, Liam Haskett, Mitchell Marsh, Corey Rocchiccioli