Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh faced an arduous start to his Test career and an uphill battle for a few years, bogged down by heavy expectations. Following his 2014 debut, his red-ball career was highlighted much more by possibility rather than consistency. Two hundreds during the 2017/18 Ashes even got him the vice-captaincy for the 2018 tour of South Africa, which went utterly into the shadow, thanks to the ball-tampering scandal. However, Marsh's Test career hit the skids. He managed just three more outings before being dropped during the 2019 Ashes in England. Unlike his brother Shaun and father Rod Marsh, whose Test careers were much more level-keel, Mitch found it tough. In fact, he confessed that being booed by the home crowd during the 2018 Boxing Day Test against India at the MCG was the low point of his career. To Fox Cricket, Marsh told: “The truthful answer is I’m human, and anytime I walk out to bat, I’m s****ing myself like any other bloke." Four years on, Marsh made a remarkable comeback to the Test XI during the 2023 Ashes in England. Cam Green's replacement, Marsh worked hard on his mental game prior to his comeback innings at Leeds, scoring a century and taking two wickets. Marsh has since settled firmly into the No. 6 role in the batting line-up and has gone onto a resurgence in white-ball cricket with a stint as Australia's T20I captain. Also Read | “Happy that Cheteshwar Pujara is not around this time” - Josh Hazlewood Marsh said: “I’ve worked really hard on the mental side of my game, to be able to walk out there and get straight into my pre-ball routines, no matter how nervous I am." He added: “For me, it’s all about my preparation. If I prepare as well as I possibly can, I go into a game or an innings really confident, then if I fail, I can look at myself in the mirror and say that I’ve actually done all I can. Sometimes it’s a good ball, sometimes it’s a mental error. You learn from that, and you move on quickly.” Marsh will return to his Australian teammates' training this week ahead of the First Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test at Perth. The 33-year-old also looks forward to bowling again after managing to bowl just five overs since May.