West Indies / Players
Full name Deryck Lance Murray
Born May 20, 1943, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Current age 66 years 186 days
Major teams West Indies, Cambridge University, Nottinghamshire, Trinidad, Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Referee
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 62 | 96 | 9 | 1993 | 91 | 22.90 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 181 | 8 | ||
| ODIs | 26 | 17 | 5 | 294 | 61* | 24.50 | 468 | 62.82 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 1 | |
| First-class | 367 | 554 | 85 | 13292 | 166* | 28.34 | 10 | 72 | 740 | 108 | |||
| List A | 144 | 112 | 30 | 1938 | 82 | 23.63 | 0 | 7 | 165 | 14 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ODIs | 26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| First-class | 367 | 500 | 367 | 5 | 2/50 | 73.40 | 4.40 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| List A | 144 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Test debut | England v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 6-10, 1963 scorecard |
| Last Test | England v West Indies at Leeds, Aug 7-12, 1980 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | England v West Indies at Leeds, Sep 5, 1973 scorecard |
| Last ODI | England v West Indies at Leeds, May 28-29, 1980 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1960/61 - 1980/81 |
| List A span | 1963 - 1980/81 |
| ODI debut | England v Pakistan at Nottingham, Aug 20, 1992 scorecard |
| Last ODI | England v Pakistan at Manchester, Aug 24, 1992 scorecard |
| ODI matches | 3 |
| ODI statistics |
Deryck Murray was a thoughtful, composed figure in the West Indies side for 17 years. It started when Frank Worrell entrusted the wicketkeeping position in England in 1963 to a diminutive boyish figure, barely out of his teens - and was rewarded with a record 24 victims. Murray's influence on the improved status of cricketers in the Caribbean was immense, and in later life, after retirement, he took that diplomatic role on Trinidad's behalf to the United Nations. His keeping was compact, tidy and, bearing in mind some of his more exuberant successors, generally understated. Nowadays, when more runs are demanded of keepers, he might not have played as much as he did. But his batting was as dapper as his glovework. At Bombay in 1974-75 he made 91 and helped Clive Lloyd add 250 for the sixth wicket. He took to cricket administration and served as president of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board. He lost the post to Azim Bassarath in 2009.
Mike Selvey November 2009
- Azim Bassarath appointed Trinidad board president (Nov 1, 2009)
- T&T board calls for Twenty20 Championship (Oct 27, 2009)
- T&T officials say success a result of sustained investment (Oct 21, 2009)
- Regional politics to blame for West Indies decline - Murray (Oct 1, 2009)
- T&T players to be contracted by board (Oct 29, 2008)
Jun 1, 2009
Illustration for Deryck Murray's story
© Getty Images
Dec 29, 2006
Deryck Murray receives the Carib International Challenge Trophy from Carib CEO Andrew Sabga
© Trinidad & Tobago Express
1996
Zahoor edges a Benjamin delivery past keeper Murray
© Action Photographics
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