Laura Marsh
Key facts
Full Name: Laura Alexandra Marsh
Born: Dec 2 1986, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
County: Kent women
Other Teams: England women, Sussex women, Sapphires
Test Debut: England women v India women, Leicester, Aug 8-11 2006
ODI Debut: England women v India women, Shenley, Aug 17 2006
T20 Debut: England women v New Zealand women, Bath, Aug 13 2007
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Biography
Marsh started playing cricket at school aged 11 and then progressed to Brighton and Hove CC at 13. Initially a seam bowler, she made her international debut for England during India's summer tour in 2006. She took 3-44 in her first Test, opening the bowling alongside Jenny Gunn in the second innings. Having reinvented herself as an off-spinner, she helped England retain the Ashes in the one-off Test at Bowral in early 2008 and go unbeaten that summer, including figures of 4-19 in a one-day international versus South Africa at Shenley. Marsh aided World Cup and World Twenty20 glory in...
