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‘Caught Marsh, bowled Lillee’: Farewell to an icon of Australian sport and culture

Michael Pelly
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Caught Marsh, bowled Lillee. For a generation of Australian cricket fans, that scorebook entry was the poetry of summer.

On Friday, Rod Marsh – one half of that storied combination and an iconic figure in the game and Australian culture – died aged 74, after failing to recover from a heart attack.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/companies/sport/farewell-to-an-icon-of-australian-sport-and-culture-20220304-p5a1oi