Junior Murray

Junior Randalph Murray (born January 20, 1968) is a former West Indian cricketer. He was the first Grenadian to play Test cricket for the West Indies.[1]

Junior Murray
Personal information
Full nameJunior Randalph Murray
Born (1968-01-20) 20 January 1968
St. George's, Grenada
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut2 January 1993 v Australia
Last Test19 April 2002 v India
ODI debut4 December 1992 v Pakistan
Last ODI7 February 1999 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1986–2007Windward Islands
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 33 55 149 122
Runs scored 918 678 6,830 1,895
Batting average 22.39 22.60 30.90 23.10
100s/50s 1/3 0/5 11/30 1/8
Top score 101* 86 218 100*
Catches/stumpings 99/3 46/7 337/31 93/31
Source: Cricket Archive, 21 October 2010

Domestic career

Murray started his domestic career as a football goal keeper and was very good at it. He was also just as good behind the stumps as well as a batsman. He represented his school Grenada Boys Secondary School (GBSS) both in football and cricket. Influenced by his school master to focus on cricket rather than football for a better sporting career in the region, he played his domestic cricket for the Windward Islands, making his first class debut in the 1986/87 season and playing on into 2006/07. In 148 first class matches up to the end of 2006 he scored 6,813 runs at a handy 31.1 with a best of 218 against Guyana. In 122 list A one-day matches he scored 1,895 runs at 23.1 with one unbeaten hundred against Bermuda in the Red Stripe Bowl.

International career

He played 33 Tests for the West Indies and scored his only Test century, in the lower order against New Zealand. He finished his international career, on the disastrous tour of South Africa of 1998–99, with more than 100 Test dismissals. Murray often opened in One Day Internationals with varying degrees of success.

International centuries

Test centuries
Test centuries of Junior Murray
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueStart dateResult
[1]101*17 New Zealand Wellington, New ZealandBasin Reserve10 February 1995Won

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards
S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Pakistan Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 17 December 1996 WK ; 86 (78 balls, 14x4)  West Indies won by 7 wickets.[2]

References
  1. "Frog in a blender". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. "1996–1997 Carlton & United Series – 4th Match – Pakistan v West Indies – Adelaide". HowStat. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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