Australia 's current white-ball captain Mitchell Marsh will retire from the Sheffield Shield at the end of this season, meaning in all likelihood he has played his final first-class match for Western Australia , but has left the door ajar to add to his 46 Test caps.

Marsh made a rare Shield appearance for WA last week against Victoria at the MCG where he scored 4 and 9. But his involvement in the T20 World Cup, where he will captain Australia through February and the start of March, will overlap with the resumption of the competition after the BBL, then he will be part of the IPL with Lucknow Super Giants.

"It has been an honour to play Sheffield Shield cricket for WA," Marsh, who made his Shield debut as an 18-year-old said in a statement. "Right now I am deeply committed to the

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