Geoff Marsh and sons make history

DUBAI:- What do Geoff Marsh, Walter Hadlee and Lala Amarnath have in common? They are the only three Test cricketers to have had two sons who also played Test cricket. After Marsh presented his second son Mitchell with his baggy green in Dubai, he joked that maybe he shouldn't have stopped at two boys. "Speak to my wife, we should have kept going!" he said. "It was quite tough, really," Marsh said of the emotion. "It was a real honour to be asked to do it. It was just pleasing, more pleasing that he's got the opportunity to play Test cricket.–Agencies

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