Stephen Murdoch (born 6 August 1983) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played for Wellington and Canterbury.[1]
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Full name | Stephen Joseph Murdoch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 6 August 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 November 2019 |
After playing for Wellington from 2009–10 to 2017–18, in June 2018 Murdoch was awarded a contract with Canterbury for the 2018–19 season.[2] In February 2019, in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, Murdoch scored his 5,000th run in the Plunket Shield.[3]
Batting in his usual position at number three, Murdoch hit his highest first-class score of 171 for Wellington against Central Districts in Nelson in 2015–16.[4] He made his highest List A score in 2012-13 when Wellington were chasing Otago's total of 349; going to the wicket at 6 for 1 he made 136 off 124 balls, adding 273 for the second wicket with Michael Papps, and Wellington went on to win with eight balls to spare.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Stephen Murdoch". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Cricket: Defending champions CD Stags lose 21-match trot, top-rung perch after Canterbury win". NZ Heralds. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Central Districts v Wellington 2015-16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "Wellington v Otago 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2019.