Stephen Murdoch

Stephen Murdoch
Personal information
Full name
Stephen Joseph Murdoch
Born (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 43)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 83 61 49
Runs scored 5306 2042 976
Batting average 37.10 36.46 24.40
100s/50s 13/31 5/12 0/7
Top score 171 136 92*
Balls bowled 14 – –
Wickets 1 – –
Bowling average 13.00 – –
5 wickets in innings 0 – –
10 wickets in match 0 – –
Best bowling 1/0 – –
Catches/stumpings 53/– 22/– 21/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 November 2019

Stephen Murdoch (born 6 August 1983) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played for Wellington and Canterbury.

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. In February 2019, in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, Murdoch scored his 5,000th run in the Plunket Shield.

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. 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Murdoch". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Cricket: Defending champions CD Stags lose 21-match trot, top-rung perch after Canterbury win". NZ Heralds. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Central Districts v Wellington 2015-16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Wellington v Otago 2012-13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2019.