He became one half of a double act who haunted England batsmen for a decade.
If you were not caught Marsh, bowled Lillee in an Ashes Test, especially in the firestorm of the 1974-75 series, you were probably clean bowled because you couldn't lay bat on ball.
Rodney Marsh was also the purveyor of one of cricket's great sledges as Ian Botham took guard against the Australian infidel.