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| Full name | Todd Raymond Murphy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2000-11-15)15 November 2000 (age 25) Echuca,Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Goggles[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armoff spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 465) | 9 February 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 January 2025 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21–present | Victoria(squad no. 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Sydney Sixers(squad no. 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Gloucestershire(squad no. 28) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Todd Raymond Murphy (born 15 November 2000) is an Australiancricketer. A right-armoff 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 the2023 ICC World Test Championship final.
Murphy was born inEchuca,Victoria, and raised just across theMurray River inMoama,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 ofShane 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]
Murphy made hisList A debut on 10 March 2021, forVictoria in the2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup.[6] Prior to his List A debut, Murphy was named in Australia's squad for the2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7]
Murphy made hisfirst-class debut on 3 April 2021, for Victoria in the2020–21 Sheffield Shield season, scoring 34 runs and taking one wicket.[8] He made hisTwenty20 debut on 26 December 2021, for theSydney Sixers in the2021–22 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 theteam's tour of India. He was one of four spinners selected alongsideNathan Lyon,Ashton Agar, andMitchell 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]
In April 2023, Murphy was selected for the squad for the2023 Ashes as the second spinner beyond Nathan Lyon. Following Lyon's return home with a calf injury, Murphy made hisAshes debut atHeadingley,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]
In June 2025, Murphy signed a contract withGloucestershire County Cricket Club to play in four matches in that year'sCounty Championship.[16]
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 2024Fox 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.
In 2022, Murphy was studying for a Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science/Bachelor of Business (Sport Management) atDeakin University.[19]
Murphy supports theCollingwood Football Club in theAustralian Football League.[20]
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Michael Neser was not initially in the squad, but was named as a replacement forJosh Hazlewood in the final squad. | ||
