Players
Laura Marsh
Key facts
Full Name: Laura Alexandra Marsh
Born: December 2, 1986, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
County: Sussex women
Other Teams: England Development Squad women, Rubies, Emeralds
Test debut: England women v India women, Leicester, August 8-11 2006
ODI debut: England women v India women, Shenley, August 17 2006
T20 Debut: England women v New Zealand women, Bath, August 13 2007
Batting Style: Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Marsh started playing cricket at school aged 11 and then progressed to Brighton and Hove CC at the age of 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.
Drafted in for the injured Nicola Shaw, the Sussex seam-bowler impressed the selectors with her performances throughout Super 4s and the Liverpool Victoria County Championship.
She studied Sports Science with Management at Loughborough University where she made regular use of the ECB National Performance Centre based on the campus.
Marsh did not play Test cricket in 2007, but featured in three one-day internationals, recording her highest score with the bat, to date, of 23 and taking 3-49 against New Zealand at Blackpool.
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.
Marsh also helped England to World Cup and World Twenty20 glory in 2009.
