Mitch Marsh has been left fuming by a caught-and-bowled dismissal in his return to domestic cricket for Western Australia.

The Australian white-ball captain was dismissed for 17 when he hit a low return catch to Victorian paceman Xavier Crone, who came forward to take the catch inches from the ground.

Marsh remained at the crease and protested with umpires before eventually being given out and leaving the field.

Replays showed Crone had got the palm of his hand under the ball before completing the catch.

Marsh — who will play for WA in the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria starting Thursday — was on just two after 22 balls, strangled by the hosts’ new-ball bowling at Junction Oval on Tuesday afternoon.

He then launched two tracer-bullet boundaries — one a pull shot backward of square and one over the top of long-off — off Cam McClure the over before he was dismissed.

The veteran has been touted as a potential wildcard selection for Australia’s Test team later in the Ashes series and could even open the batting for WA at the MCG later this week.

WA are chasing Victoria’s total of 285. Left-arm quick Joel Paris took 4-62 in the first innings.

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