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| Full name | Todd Raymond Murphy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 2000 Echuca, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Goggles[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 465) | 9 February 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 January 2025 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21–present | Victoria (squad no. 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Sydney Sixers (squad no. 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Gloucestershire (squad no. 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Raymond Murphy (born 15 November 2000) is an Australian cricketer. A right-arm off spin bowler, Murphy made his first-class debut for Victoria in April 2021 and his Test debut for Australia in February 2023.[2] He was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final.
Early life
[edit]Murphy was born in Echuca, Victoria, and raised just across the Murray River in Moama, New South Wales.[3] His father, Jamie Murphy, was a left-handed middle-order batsman who played eight seasons for St Kilda in Victorian Premier Cricket, where he was a teammate of Shane Warne.[4]
Murphy played for Moama Cricket Club as a junior, initially as a top-order batsman and medium-pace bowler. He transitioned to off spin in 2017 after being observed "stuffing around" in the nets by former Victorian leg-spinner, Craig Howard. Murphy spent a season with Sandhurst Cricket Club in the Bendigo District Cricket Association before moving to St Kilda Cricket Club in 2018/19.[5]
First-class and Test career
[edit]Murphy made his List A debut on 10 March 2021, for Victoria in the 2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup.[6] Prior to his List A debut, Murphy was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7]
Murphy made his first-class debut on 3 April 2021, for Victoria in the 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season, scoring 34 runs and taking one wicket.[8] He made his Twenty20 debut on 26 December 2021, for the Sydney Sixers in the 2021–22 Big Bash League season.[9]
After just seven first-class matches, in 2023, Murphy was named as a member of the Australian Test squad for the team's tour of India. He was one of four spinners selected alongside Nathan Lyon, Ashton Agar, and Mitchell Swepson.[10] In February 2023, Murphy made his Test debut at Nagpur and took figures of 7/124 from 47 overs.[11] He played all four Test matches on the tour, finishing with 14 wickets.[12]
2023 Ashes
[edit]In April 2023, Murphy was selected for the squad for the 2023 Ashes as the second spinner beyond Nathan Lyon. Following Lyon's return home with a calf injury, Murphy made his Ashes debut at Headingley, Leeds where he took 1/49 from 9.3 overs.[13] Following this Murphy was dropped for the 4th Test which was Australia's first test in 10 years without a spinner.[14] Recalled for the 5th Test, Murphy took 2/22 from 6 overs in the first innings and 4/110 from 22.5 overs in the second.He also scored vital runs; his 34 in the first innings was instrumental in giving Australia a slender first innings lead and he scored 18 in the second innings. [15]
2025
[edit]In June 2025, Murphy signed a contract with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club to play in four matches in that year's County Championship.[16]
Playing style
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Murphy is a right-arm off spin bowler of brisk pace, delivering most of his deliveries in excess of 90 km/h. He bowls with a high, jaunty action that has been compared to that of former England spinner, Graeme Swann.[17] He is a left-handed batsman who bats in the tail, usually at number nine or ten.
Considered a top prospect in Australian cricket, a 2024 Fox Sports Australia article on best young players ranked Murphy as the best young player in Australian cricket.[18]
Murphy wears prescription glasses when batting, bowling and fielding, one of few Test cricketers to have done so.
Personal life
[edit]In 2022, Murphy was studying for a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science/Bachelor of Business (Sport Management) at Deakin University.[19]
Murphy supports the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Todd Murphy". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Todd Murphy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Todd Murphy". Big Bash League. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Victorian Premier Cricket Career Stats". Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "How 'stuffing around' put Murphy on spinning path". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2003.
- ^ "5th Match, Melbourne, Mar 9 2021, The Marsh Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Next generation: Australia reveal U19 World Cup squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ "23rd Match, Melbourne, Apr 3 - 6 2021, Sheffield Shield". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ "20th Match (N), Sydney, Dec 26 2021, Big Bash League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
- ^ "'A strong spin option': Australia name Todd Murphy in Test squad for tour of India". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Murphy debuts, Head axed as Aussies bat first in Nagpur". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Cricinfo tour averages India-Australia 2023". Retrieved 8 July 2023.
- ^ "Australia - England Third Test". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Australia drop Murphy and recall Green, as Warner retained for fourth Ashes Test". Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Australia - England Fifth Test". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Gloucestershire recruit Australia spinner Murphy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "Graeme Swann amazed by similarity in action". 25 November 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ "What's coming in Aussie cricket pipeline as best 26 players under 25 broken down". Fox Sports. 2 December 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ "Elite Athlete Program Profiles". Deakin University. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ @CollingwoodFC (25 August 2023). "Great to have Baggy Green number 465 in the rooms after tonight's win! 🏏 Todd Murphy - a true member of the Magpie Army 🖤🤍". X (formerly Twitter).
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