Legendary Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh on Friday (March 4) passed away after suffering a heart attack during a fundraising event in Queensland last week.
Marsh, 74, took his last breath in an Adelaide hospital, as confirmed by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
Marsh, who was among the initial inductees to the ICC Hall of Fame in 2009, made his Test debut against England at the Gabba in 1970. He retired from the game with game 14 years later with the then world record of 355 victims (343 catches and 12 stumpings) from 96 Tests.
A left-handed batter, Marsh was the first Australian wicketkeeper to score a century in Test cricket and finished his career with 3,633 runs, including three tons. He also played 92 one-day internationals for Australia and scored 1,225 runs, took 120 catches and affected four stumpings.
In 2014, Rod Marsh was appointed as Australia's chairman of selectors and served the role for two years.
As soon as the heart-wrenching news came out, international cricket fraternity mourned the demise and offered their condolences to the Marsh family.
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