I am sad
Another legend gone
If yesterday you asked me to name 3 things about Marsh, I would have said
1)Amazing wicket keeper who kept with Lillee and Thompson bowling.Caught Marsh, Bowled Lillee became a commentators catch phrase
2) Amazing moustache
3) Legendary drinking competition with David Boon
I’m not prone to use the expression often but he was a fucking legend.
Back in the early 80s, I went on a pub crawl with Rod and a couple of his mates (including Carl Rackemann) in Adelaide.
I bailed earlyish (I was poured into a taxi about 2am), but Rod kept going and was last man standing at around 6 am.
Later that morning I went to the members stand at Adelaide Oval, while he then went out and played a One Dayer against a Clive Lloyd era Windies. Scoring 34 n.o.
Straya lost but rumour has it that, after the match, Rod went out on another session. I did not.
Oh fuck!
What a shock and so young!
Shit, didn’t see that one coming! Far too young.
Wow that’s a surprise. A true legend I
will never forget that first ball to Gatting. Brilliant.
What. The. Fuck?!
God, that’s a shock. 
He only posted this yesterday
A real shock
Holy shit, he used to live about 50m from me in Ocean Village when he played for Hampshire. Used to see him in the pub quite often and was a good laugh.
Another of my all-time heroes.
In case people might only remember the pantomime villain persona, this is one of the finest pieces of cricket writing I’ve ever read, and a fitting tribute.
OH dear , thats a shock …
Wow, that is a big shock. I was privileged to see him bowl regularly at the MCG in his best years. Marvelous cricketer.
Really sad day for Strayan cricket. Drinks will be had.
That’s a shock. He was truly one of the greats, wow.
Yes, a real cricket Legend, a player that changed the game with pretty much one-off skills, an incredible sense of theatre and a cricket brain most teams would kill for to have in their ranks. It was a privilage to watch him take England apart.
I’m sad.