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After Australia defeated Pakistan by 360 runs in the first Test of the three-match series, Mitchell Marsh was spotted on camera giving away his Player of the Match award to a young fan in a heart-warming gesture. The 32-year-old had a splendid Test match at the Optus Stadium in Perth with the bat, ball, and in the field.
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In the first innings for Australia, Mitchell Marsh was the second-highest scorer with 90 runs off just 107 balls, which included a whopping 15 fours and one maximum. His innings propelled the hosts to a massive first-innings total of 487 runs within 114 overs against a hapless Pakistan bowling attack.
Watch Mitchell Marsh giving his POTM award to a young fan:
During the 9-over bowling spell from Mitchell Marsh in the Pakistan batting innings, he picked up the massive wicket of Babar Azam, nicking him off through to the wicket-keeper Alex Carey. With a 216-run lead in the bank, Australians decided to set the target for Pakistan in their second innings, and Mitchell Marsh was once again the second-highest scorer for them with a quick-fire 63 off 67 which included seven fours and two maximums.
Mitchell Marsh was unbeaten when the captain of Australia, Pat Cummins, declared at 233/5 to set up a daunting target of 450 runs for Pakistan. The second-innings performance from the visiting batters was quite poor as they were bundled out for just 89 runs within 31 overs to succumb to a heavy defeat at the Optus Stadium in Perth against Australia.