Geoff and Shaun Marsh are the first father and son to play for Australia in ODIs. Shaun Marsh followed up his success as the leading run-scorer in the Indian Premier League by scoring 81 – and taking the Man of the Match award – on his one-day international debut for Australia against West Indies in St Vincent last week. Shaun’s father, Geoff Marsh, played 117 ODIs between 1985-86 and the 1991-92 World Cup.
There have only been nine other father-and-son combinations in ODIs:
Chris and Stuart Broad (England)
Lance and Chris Cairns (New Zealand)
Colin and Chris Cowdrey (England)
Sunil and Rohan Gavaskar (India)
Ron and Dean Headley (Ron for West Indies, Dean for England)
Majid and Bazid Khan (Pakistan)
David and Graham Lloyd (England)
Don and Derek Pringle (Don for East Africa, Derek for England)
Yograj and Yuvraj Singh (India)
There have been more father son combinations in Test Cricket, but since ODI’s started only in 1970s the numbers are lesser here.
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