Australian International cricketer Mitchell Marsh has me a sacrifice of millions to be part of Ashes this year. Mitchell Marsh skipped Indian Premier League auction and gave up opportunity to earn a multimillion-dollar contract to inste focus on playing in England, where World Cup and Ashes are being hosted this year.

'Extraordinary move'

Calling move extraordinary, a senior cricket writer said that Mitchell Marsh turned his back on big money from  Indian Premier League to make this (Test) squ. However, he did t end up playing for English county Surrey due to an injury.

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Mitchell Marsh will be seen playing fifth and final Ashes Test at Oval, starting Thursday, in place of batsman Travis He. It will be his first Test appearance since Boxing Day 2018, against India, and his fourth since being named a co vice-captain for Australia in September 2018.

He earned AUD1 million playing for Pune when he was a part of IPL in 2016. However, this time, due to a new billion-dollar brocast rights deal and an increased salary cap, contract would have me Marsh earn far more. In an earlier interview, Marsh talked about how he took decision of going back to England early, based on cricket. He said that re’s a lure about IPL money and playing in India but also that his decision is based on game itself. He h ded that a lot of cricket matches were coming up in England over next few years and that he wants to give himself best opportunity through m.

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Marsh's performance improved

With an aver of 25.39, Marsh has shown some improvements while playing against English county sides. He scored an unbeaten 39 in a tour match for Australia against Worcestershire, which he also went ahe to back up with a top score of 74 against Derbyshire.

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Even though se performances have been able to successfully place him in mix for selection at Old Trafford, selectors resisted temptation to tweak Australia’s middle-order and retained both Travis He and Matw We. However, in current situation with urn alrey retained and fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood in need of a lighter worklo, fast-bowling all-rounder Marsh has been recalled.

Marsh, during last Ashes series in England in 2015, played three Tests, averaging 12 with bat while taking eight wickets at 18.62.

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