{{short description|New Zealander cricketer (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Stephen Murdoch | image = | country = | fullname = Stephen Joseph Murdoch | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role =
| club1 = | year1 = | clubnumber1 = | club2 = | year2 = | clubnumber2 = | columns = 3 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 83 | runs1 = 5306 | bat avg1 = 37.10 | 100s/50s1 = 13/31 | top score1 = 171 | deliveries1 = 14 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 13.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/0 | catches/stumpings1 = 53/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 61 | runs2 = 2042 | bat avg2 = 36.46 | 100s/50s2 = 5/12 | top score2 = 136 | deliveries2 = – | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 22/– | column3 = T20 | matches3 = 49 | runs3 = 976 | bat avg3 = 24.40 | 100s/50s3 = 0/7 | top score3 = 92* | deliveries3 = – | wickets3 = – | bowl avg3 = – | fivefor3 = – | tenfor3 = – | best bowling3 = – | catches/stumpings3 = 21/– | date = 9 November 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38003.html Cricinfo }} '''Stephen Murdoch''' (born 6 August 1983) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played for Wellington and Canterbury.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38003.html |title=Stephen Murdoch |accessdate=30 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>
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.<ref name="con1819">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref> In February 2019, in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, Murdoch scored his 5,000th run in the Plunket Shield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12206620 |title=Cricket: Defending champions CD Stags lose 21-match trot, top-rung perch after Canterbury win |work=NZ Heralds |accessdate=23 February 2019}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Central Districts v Wellington 2015-16 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/871/871101.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=9 November 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wellington v Otago 2012-13 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/452/452902.html |website=CricketArchive |accessdate=9 November 2019}}</ref>
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