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Full name Brian Andrew Murphy
Born December 1, 1976, Salisbury (now Harare)
Current age 31 years 279 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Mashonaland,Mashonaland A,Western Province,Young Mashonaland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations Twin brother - DJ Murphy
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
15
3
123
30
10.25
473
26.00
0
0
17
0
11
0
ODIs
31
17
8
72
20*
8.00
130
55.38
0
0
5
0
11
0
First-class
28
34
9
516
77
20.64
0
2
20
0
List A
43
24
10
143
48
10.21
0
0
13
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
19
2153
1113
18
3/32
4/55
61.83
3.10
119.6
0
0
0
ODIs
31
29
1422
1130
29
3/43
3/43
38.96
4.76
49.0
0
0
0
First-class
28
5124
2784
59
4/71
47.18
3.25
86.8
0
0
List A
43
2030
1610
46
3/43
3/43
35.00
4.75
44.1
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v Zimbabwe at Port of Spain, Mar 16-20, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe at Dhaka, Nov 8-12, 2001 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at St John's, Apr 5, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Bloemfontein, Mar 8, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1995/96 - 2002/03
List A span
1996/97 - 2002/03
Profile
A talented legspinner whom the South Africans tried to poach while he was at Cape Town University, Brian Murphy was given special dispensation by his faculty to miss the first term in 2000 so that he could tour the West Indies, where he impressed in his two Test appearances. He rushed back to university afterwards,
but was summoned to England in May 2001 just in time to play in the Lord's Test. Control is a strength, as is his googly and the ability to generate a generous degree of spin. He is also a more-than-useful tailend batsman, who often attends to nightwatchman duties. He was a surprise choice as captain, starting with the one-day tournament in Sharjah in October 2001, when Heath Streak decided to stand down and concentrate on his bowling. His tenure was brief. After four ODIs
and one Test, none of which he won, Murphy sustained a hand injury and stepped down.
Geoffrey Dean
Notes
Played for Henley CC in the Home Counties Premier League in 2004
