Is the Boxing Day Test unlucky for the famous ‘Morsh family’? Know the reason

New Delhi. Australia’s Mitchell Marsh missed out on a century in Melbourne’s ‘Boxing Day Test’ against Pakistan. After scoring 96 in Australia’s second innings, he was caught out by Agha Salman off Mir Hamza and fell short of a century. Australia ended their second innings on 262 runs in the second match of the Test series and set a target of 317 runs to the Pakistan team (Australia Vs Pakistan).

Is the Boxing Day Test ‘inauspicious’ for Australian cricket’s famous Morsh family? Such discussions are gaining momentum in the Australian media these days after Michelle became a victim of the ‘nervous nineties’. The reason behind this is that before Mitchell, his father Geoff Marsh and brother Shaun Marsh also missed out after reaching close to century in the Boxing Day Test. Interestingly, Mitchell, Shaun and their father Geoff all missed out on Boxing Day Test centuries while playing against the Asian team.

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Mitchell’s father Geoff and brother Shaun have also played for Australia. Geoff played 50 Tests and 117 ODIs for Australia. He was a member of the Australian team that won the World Cup in 1987. Similarly, Mitchell’s brother Shawn has played 38 Tests and 73 ODIs for Australia. As for Geoff, he missed out on a century in the Boxing Day Test against India in 1991. During Australia’s first innings, Geoff scored 86 and was caught by Dilip Vengsarkar off the bowling of Kapil Dev. Australia won this Test by eight wickets. Geoff scored 2854 runs in Test cricket and 4357 runs in ODIs.

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In the same sequence, Geoff’s elder son Shaun missed out on scoring a century in the Boxing Day Test against India in 2014. During Australia’s second innings, Shaun was unfortunately run out after scoring 99 runs. The Test played in Melbourne ended in a draw. Shawn has scored 2265 runs at an average of 34.31 in 38 Test matches and 2773 runs at an average of 40.77 in 73 ODIs. He has scored 255 runs in 15 T20s for Australia.

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