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West Indies cricketer (born 1943)

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Deryck Murray Personal information Full name Deryck Lance Murray Born (1943-05-20) 20 May 1943 (age 83) 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

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

Murray captained [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_cricket_team) 1976–1981, and was vice-captain of the sides which won the [1975 World Cup](/source/1975_Cricket_World_Cup) and the [1979 World Cup](/source/1979_Cricket_World_Cup). He deputised for [Clive Lloyd](/source/Clive_Lloyd) as West Indies captain in one Test match in 1979.

## Early and personal life

Murray was born in [Port of Spain](/source/Port_of_Spain), [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago), and educated at [Queen's Royal College](/source/Queen's_Royal_College); he first played for [Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_national_cricket_team) while still at school. He went on to study economics at [Jesus College, Cambridge](/source/Jesus_College%2C_Cambridge), earning his [Cambridge blue](/source/Blue_(university_sport)) and captaining [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) in 1966. That same year, he was [sent down](/source/Sent_down) from Cambridge after failing his Part I [tripos](/source/Tripos) examinations in both economics and history; the news made the front page of *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*.[1] He later studied Industrial Economics at the [University of Nottingham](/source/University_of_Nottingham).[2] Murray married Maureen in 1967; he has two sons and a grandson.

## Cricket career

In his career, Murray played as a [wicketkeeper](/source/Wicketkeeper) for the national Trinidad and Tobago team as well as playing 62 [Tests](/source/Test_cricket) for the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team). He was first selected for the West Indies as a 20-year-old, under the captaincy of [Frank Worrell](/source/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](/source/India_national_cricket_team) in 1975, he shared a partnership worth 250 runs with [Clive Lloyd](/source/Clive_Lloyd) (who scored 242 not out).

Probably Murray's most famous performance came in a match in the 1975 [Cricket World Cup](/source/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](/source/ODI_cricket) score of 61 not out, sharing in an unbroken last-wicket stand of 64 with [Andy Roberts](/source/Andy_Roberts_(cricketer)).[3] The West Indies went onto win the final, Murray clinching victory with the run out of [Jeff Thomson](/source/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](/source/County_Championship) for [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club).[4]

## Later career

Murray served as a diplomat in the [Foreign Service](/source/Diplomatic_service) of Trinidad and Tobago 1978–1989, becoming a representative to the [United Nations](/source/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](/source/Match_referee) for three [One Day Internationals](/source/One_Day_International) in 1992. He has also served as President of the [Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board](/source/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](/source/Transparency_International).

In September 2019 he was appointed Trinidad and Tobago's [High Commissioner](/source/High_Commissioner) to Jamaica.[5][6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "Cambridge Captain Sent Down". *The Times*. 24 June 1966. p. 1.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Deryck Murray"](https://windrushscandal.org/files/2024/02/Deryck-Murray-Interview.pdf) (PDF). *Windrush Scandal*. Retrieved 9 July 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Murray-Roberts heist"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/top-world-cup-performances-deryck-murray-and-andy-roberts-steal-the-game-from-pakistan-500192). Retrieved 22 March 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["DERYCK MURRAY"](https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/deryck-murray.html). *trentbridge.co.uk*. [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Deryck Murray appointed High Commissioner to Jamaica"](https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/deryck-murray-appointed-high-commissioner-to-jamaica/article_1427a4f0-db8b-11e9-97b7-23cefaa8e3a6.html). *Daily Express*. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Johnson, Andy (1 October 2019). ["Foreign service issues"](https://trinidadexpress.com/opinion/columnists/foreign-service-issues/article_1460c062-e4ac-11e9-aa34-1727386088ae.html). *[Trinidad and Tobago Express](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Express)*. Retrieved 27 February 2022.

## External links

- [Deryck Murray](https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52441.html) at [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo)

- [WICB profile](https://web.archive.org/web/20071028083831/http://www.windiescricket.com/files/WICBMurrayBio.pdf) (archived 2007)

Preceded by Alvin Kallicharran West Indies Test cricket captains 1979/80 Succeeded by Viv Richards

Captaincy v t e West Indies Test cricket captains 1928; 1929/30: Nunes 1929/30: Hoad 1929/30: Betancourt 1929/30: Fernandes 1930/31–1934/35: J. Grant 1939: R. Grant 1947/48: Headley 1947/48: Gomez 1947/48–1957: Goddard 1951/52; 1952/53–1953/54; 1954/55: Stollmeyer 1954/55–1955/56: Atkinson 1957/58–1959/60: Alexander 1960/61–1963: Worrell 1964/65–1971/72: Sobers 1972/73–1973/74: Kanhai 1974/75–1976/77; 1977/78; 1979/80–1984/85: Lloyd 1977/78–1978–79: Kallicharran 1979/80: Murray 1980; 1983/84–1991: Richards 1987–88: Greenidge 1989–90; 1990–91: Haynes 1991/92–1995: Richardson 1993/94; 1994/95–1997/98: Walsh 1996/97; 1997/98–1999–00; 2002-03-2004–05; 2006–07: Lara 1999/00–2000/01: Adams 2000/01–2002/03: Hooper 2002–03: Jacobs 2004/05–2005/06: Chanderpaul 2007–08: Sarwan 2007: Ganga 2007–08; 2008; 2008–09; 2010: Gayle 2007–08: Bravo 2009: Reifer 2010–11; 2014: Sammy 2014–15: Ramdin 2015–2020: Holder 2017; 2018–19, 2020–25: Brathwaite 2025–present: Chase Italics denote deputised captaincy v t e West Indies ODI cricket captains 1973: Kanhai 1975–1984;85: Lloyd 1977/78–1979/80: Murray 1977/78: Kallicharran 1980–1991: Richards 1983–84: Holding 1987/88–1988/89: Greenidge 1989/90–1993/94: Haynes 1989–90: Dujon 1991/92–1995/96: Richardson 1994/95–1997/98: Walsh 1994–95; 1997/98–1999-00; 2002-03-2004-05; 2006-2006/07: Lara 1996/97–2002–03: Hooper 1998/99–2000–01: Adams 2000–01: Campbell 2002–03: Jacobs 2003–04: Sarwan 2004/05–2005/06: Chanderpaul 2005: Joseph 2006/07–2010/11: Gayle 2007–08; 2014: Bravo 2009: Reifer 2010–13: Sammy 2011–12: Ramdin 2013; 2019–2022: Pollard 2015–2018: Holder 2015: Samuels 2017: Mohammed 2022: Pooran 2023–present: Hope

West Indies squads v t e West Indies squad – 1975 Cricket World Cup – Champions (1st title) 1 Lloyd (c) 2 Boyce 3 Fredericks 4 Gibbs 5 Greenidge 6 Holder 7 Julien 8 Kallicharran 9 Kanhai 10 Murray (wk) 11 Richards 12 Roberts v t e West Indies squad – 1979 Cricket World Cup – Champions (2nd title) 1 Lloyd (c) 2 Croft 3 Garner 4 Greenidge 5 Haynes 6 Holding 7 Kallicharran 8 King 9 Murray (wk) 10 Richards 11 Roberts 12 Marshall 13 Bacchus 14 Gomes Coach: Walcott

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