2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup
Dates | 15 February – 11 April 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin tournament |
Host(s) | Adelaide Brisbane Hobart Melbourne Perth Sydney |
Champions | New South Wales (12th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 16 |
Player of the series | David Warner (NSW) & Tom Andrews (TAS) |
Most runs | Peter Handscomb (VIC) (299) |
Most wickets | Joel Paris (WA) Sean Abbott (NSW) Matthew Kuhnemann (QLD) Jackson Bird (TAS) (10 each) |
The 2021 Marsh One-Day Cup was the 52nd season of the official List A domestic cricket competition being played in Australia. On 26 June 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed all the squads for the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[1][2] Western Australia were the defending champions.[3]
On 16 December 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed the schedule of the tournament,[4] with the final scheduled to be played on 30 April 2021, the latest finish to a domestic cricket season in Australia.[5] On 10 February 2021, Cricket Australia announced the reduction of the tournament from 22 to 16 matches due to concerns over bubble fatigue,[6] which resulted in a full schedule change.[7]
New South Wales won the tournament, after they beat Western Australia by 102 runs in the final.[8]
Points table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Ded | Pts | NRR |
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1 | New South Wales | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1.505 |
2 | Western Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1.311 |
3 | Queensland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1.020 |
4 | Tasmania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.023 |
5 | Victoria | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | −1.226 |
6 | South Australia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.256 |
- Qualified to the finals
RESULT POINTS:
- Win – 4
- Tie – 2 each
- Match Abandoned (NR) – 1 each
- Loss – 0
- Bonus Point – 1 (Run rate 1.25 times that of opposition.)
- Additional Bonus Point – 1 (Run rate twice that of opposition.)
Fixtures
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Oliver Davies (New South Wales) and Zak Evans (Victoria) both made their List A debuts.
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Liam Guthrie, Nick Hobson (Western Australia), Corey Kelly and Peter Hatzoglou (South Australia) all made their List A debuts.
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Brody Couch, Todd Murphy and Wil Parker (Victoria) all made their List A debuts.
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
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- Western Australian won the toss and elected to bat.
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Samuel Kerber (South Australia) made his List A debut.
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- James Seymour and Sam Elliott (Victoria) both made their List A debuts.
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Lance Morris (Western Australia) made his List A debut.
Final
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
Statistics
[edit]Most runs
[edit]Player[9] | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | 50 |
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Peter Handscomb | Victoria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 299 | 74.75 | 131 | 1 | 1 |
Travis Head | South Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 276 | 55.2 | 142 | 1 | 1 |
Sam Whiteman | Western Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 220 | 44 | 66 | 0 | 3 |
Steve Smith | New South Wales | 2 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 213 | 127 | 1 | 1 |
Cameron Green | Western Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 210 | 42 | 144 | 1 | 0 |
Most wickets
[edit]Player[10] | Team | Mat | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Ave | BBI | SR | 4WI |
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Joel Paris | Western Australia | 3 | 27.1 | 133 | 10 | 13.3 | 4/21 | 16.3 | 2 |
Sean Abbott | New South Wales | 4 | 33.3 | 152 | 10 | 15.2 | 4/23 | 20.1 | 1 |
Matthew Kuhnemann | Queensland | 4 | 29.4 | 157 | 10 | 15.7 | 4/37 | 17.8 | 1 |
Jackson Bird | Tasmania | 5 | 45.3 | 242 | 10 | 24.2 | 3/52 | 27.3 | 0 |
Jonathan Merlo | Victoria | 2 | 17.0 | 116 | 8 | 24.2 | 5/71 | 12.75 | 1 |
Television coverage
[edit]Every match of the 2021 Marsh Cup was streamed live by Cricket Australia through their website and the CA Live app. Kayo Sports also streamed all 16 matches from the tournament. Fox Cricket broadcast 12 matches, including the final.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "All the Australian state squads for the 2020-21 season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "State squads: All the ins and outs for the 2020-21 season". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Magnificent Marsh steers WA to the Marsh Cup title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "CA confirms latest ever finish to domestic summer". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Latest Australian domestic season to end on April 30, Sheffield Shield trimmed by one round". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Restructured Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup to forge ahead despite Australian state border uncertainty". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Schedule announced for reduced Shield, one-day competitions". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Champions! Blues cruise past WA to win 12th one-day title". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "The Marsh Cup, 2020/21 batting most runs career Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "The Marsh Cup, 2020/21 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "All You Need to Know for the Marsh One-Day Cup". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2021.