Deryck Murray

Deryck Lance Murray (born 20 May 1943) is a former West Indies cricketer. A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, Murray kept wicket to the West Indian fast bowling attacks of the 1970s (including Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft); his glovework effected 189 Test dismissals and greatly enhanced the potency of the bowling attack.

Deryck Murray

Personal information
Full name	Deryck Lance Murray
Born	(1943-05-20) 20 May 1943 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg break
Role	Wicket-keeper
Relations	Lance Murray (father)
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	6 June 1963 v England
Last Test	7 August 1980 v England
ODI debut	5 September 1973 v England
Last ODI	28 May 1980 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1960–1981	Trinidad and Tobago
1965–1966	Cambridge University
1966–1969	Nottinghamshire
1972–1975	Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 62 26 367 144 Runs scored 1,993 294 13,292 1,938 Batting average 22.90 24.50 28.28 23.63 100s/50s 0/11 0/2 10/72 0/7 Top score 91 61* 166* 82 Balls bowled 0 0 500 0 Wickets – – 5 – Bowling average – – 73.40 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 2/50 – Catches/stumpings 181/8 37/1 740/108 164/14
Medal record Men's Cricket Representing West Indies ICC Cricket World Cup Winner 1975 England Winner 1979 England
Source: CricketArchive, 17 October 2010

Murray captained Trinidad and Tobago 1976–1981, and was vice-captain of the sides which won the 1975 World Cup and the 1979 World Cup. He deputised for Clive Lloyd as West Indies captain in one Test match in 1979.

Early and personal life

Murray was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and educated at Queen's Royal College; he first played for Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team while still at school. He went on to study at the University of Nottingham and Jesus College, Cambridge, earning his Cambridge blue and captaining Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1966. Murray married Maureen in 1967; he has two sons and a grandson.

Cricket career

In his career, Murray played as a wicketkeeper for the national Trinidad and Tobago team as well as playing 62 Tests for the West Indies. He was first selected for the West Indies as a 20-year-old, under the captaincy of Frank Worrell; in his maiden series in 1963 he effected a record 24 dismissals. Though he never scored a Test century, Murray's right-handed batting in the middle order could be effective. During his highest Test score of 91, against India in 1975, he shared a partnership worth 250 runs with Clive Lloyd (who scored 242 not out).

Probably Murray's most famous performance came in a match in the 1975 Cricket World Cup against Pakistan when he inspired the West Indies to an unlikely and important one-wicket victory with his highest one-day international score of 61 not out, sharing in an unbroken last-wicket stand of 64 with Andy Roberts. The West Indies went onto win the final, Murray clinching victory with the run out of Jeff Thomson. Murray also played in the West Indies victory in the final of the second world cup in 1979.

Murray captained the West Indies in one Test against Australia in 1979, and in two one-day internationals.

Murray played in the English County Championship for Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire.

Later career

Murray served as a diplomat in the Foreign Service of Trinidad and Tobago 1978–1989, becoming a representative to the United Nations in New York, where he served as Vice-Chairman of the Fifth Committee and Chairman of the Committee for Programme & Coordination. He also worked in the financial services industry. Murray officiated as match referee for three One Day Internationals in 1992. He has also served as President of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board. Murray is also Chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute, the local branch of the anti-corruption organisation Transparency International.

In September 2019 he was appointed Trinidad and Tobago's High Commissioner to Jamaica.

External links

• Deryck Murray at ESPNcricinfo
• WICB profile (archived 2007)