On day three of the third Magellan Ashes Test in Perth, a Marsh started the day and there was a Marsh at the end with more than 300 runs scored to leave England desperate and demoralised.

Shaun started the day but was dismissed for 28, the only wicket to fall on Saturday. As he walked back the dressing room his younger brother by eight years passed him and would not return for good until the close of play that evening with 181 runs next to his name on the old manually operated WACA Ground scoreboard.

Mitchell added 301 with his skipper Steve Smith, the world’s best batter who had helped himself to 229 runs. For the best part of 77 overs, Smith and Marsh gave England’s bowlers nothing. Not a hint of a chance, not a moment of respite. The epic stand quashed any chance England had of winning this Test and delivered Australia a commanding 146-run lead.

With this hundred, Jr. Marsh has completed a unique hat-trick of Ashes ton as his father Geoffrey Marsh had scored a century against England and his brother Shaun notched up his maiden Ashes hundred during last Test in Adelaide. Thus, they have become only first father and 2 son duo, who all has an Ashes century.