Todd Murphy

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Todd Murphy
File:Todd Murphy 2023.jpg
Murphy playing for the Sydney Sixers, January 2023
Personal information
Full name
Todd Raymond Murphy
Born (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 (age 25)
Echuca, Victoria, Australia
NicknameGoggles[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off spin
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 465)9 February 2023 v India
Last Test29 January 2025 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2020/21–presentVictoria (squad no. 28)
2021/22–presentSydney Sixers (squad no. 36)
2025Gloucestershire (squad no. 28)
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 7 42 33 28
Runs scored 122 841 113 30
Batting average 13.55 17.89 8.07 –
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 41 76 20 14*
Balls bowled 1,157 7,923 1,601 396
Wickets 22 113 36 19
Bowling average 28.13 35.25 37.13 22.31
5 wickets in innings 1 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 7/124 7/124 4/27 3/35
Catches/stumpings 3/– 16/– 12/– 8/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
ICC World Test Championship
Winner 2021-2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 November 2025

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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