after a series defeat to South Africa. Honours Marsh was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1982 New Year Honours and inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. He was named as one of Wisden's Cricketer of the Year in 1982. He received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and a Centenary Medal in 2001. In 2005, he was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame by Cricket Australia. Actor Brendan Cowell portrayed Rod Marsh in the 2012 Australian miniseries Howzat! Kerry Packer's War. In 2015, he became the fourth Australian cricketer to deliver MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture after Richie Benaud, Adam Gilchrist and Simon Taufel. He received Honorary Life Membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1988. Personal life and death Marsh's son Daniel Marsh captained the Tasmanian cricket team in the absence of Ricky Ponting in the mid-2000s. In 2010, he appeared in an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, where it was revealed that his grandmother died after giving birth to one of his aunts, leading his grandfather to put their three children, including Marsh's father Ken, up for adoption. On 24 February 2022, Marsh was left in a critical condition following a heart attack in Bundaberg, Queensland, whilst en route to a charity event hosted by Queensland Bulls Masters. He died eight days later, on 4 March 2022, in Adelaide, South Australia, at the age of 74. His death came on the same day as that of fellow Australian cricket icon Shane Warne, who had paid tribute to Marsh in a tweet a few hours prior to his own death in Thailand. His funeral service was held at the Adelaide Oval on the 17th March, and was hosted by James Brayshaw; amongst the tributes included a recorded eulogy by Adam Gilchrist Notes References Browning, Mark. Rod Marsh: A Life of Cricket (2003). Rosenberg Publishing External links 1947 births 2022 deaths Australian Cricket Hall of Fame inductees Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers Western Australia cricketers Australian cricket coaches Wisden Cricketers of the Year World Series Cricket players Cricketers at the 1975 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1983 Cricket World Cup Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Recipients of the Centenary Medal Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Western Australian Sports Star