After beating skipper Pat Cummins and star batter Steve Smith to claim the Allan Border Medal, Mitchell Marsh delivered a hilarious speech while accepting the award at the Australia Cricket Awards 2023 ceremony.
After receiving the award from Allan Border himself, Marsh was struggling to overcome the flurry of emotions and got a little bit chocked up. He said:
“I hadn’t really thought about it until a few of the boys started getting stuck into me that they thought I was going to win it, then I started thinking maybe I’m a chance.”
“I had four beers at lunch, so I had to stop there.
“Now I’m sort of hoping that me winning this isn’t like Covid, and we’ll look back in three years time and go that was a weird time.
However, Mitchell Marsh took a serious approach and thanked his teammates, head coach Andrew McDonald, and skipper Pat Cummins. While talking about the head coach and the skipper, Marsh once again got emotional. He said:
“(Thanks) to my teammates. I just love playing in this team. I have had so much fun in the last 12-18 months. We have had so much team success and I am proud to contribute to that over this period of time. I would particularly like to thank Ronny (Andrew McDonald) and Patty (Pat Cummins).. you believed in me and I can’t thank you enough for believing in me. I’m a bit fat at times and I love a beer.. but you see the best in me always,”
