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Full name Murphy Logo Su'a
Born November 7, 1966, Wanganui
Current age 42 years 28 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Northern Districts
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
13
18
5
165
44
12.69
517
31.91
0
0
21
1
8
0
ODIs
12
7
2
24
12*
4.80
56
42.85
0
0
1
0
1
0
First-class
51
60
15
828
56
18.40
0
2
12
0
List A
36
28
8
252
33*
12.60
0
0
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
13
22
2843
1377
36
5/73
7/120
38.25
2.90
78.9
0
2
0
ODIs
12
12
463
367
9
4/59
4/59
40.77
4.75
51.4
1
0
0
First-class
51
9143
4794
141
6/56
34.00
3.14
64.8
7
0
List A
36
1626
1212
43
6/26
6/26
28.18
4.47
37.8
3
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Jan 30-Feb 3, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, Mar 18-22, 1995 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v England at Dunedin, Feb 12, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Mar 26, 1995 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1988/89 - 1994/95
List A span
1989/90 - 1995/96
Profile
Of Western Samoan parents, left-arm fast-medium bowler Murphy Su'a's career came alive after two medicocre seasons with Northern Districts when he moved to Auckland. In his first season (1990-91) he grabbed 28 wickets in nine matches, winning his Test call-up against England the following summer when he took eight wickets in two games. That was followed by successful tours to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, and a Test-best 5 for 73 against Pakistan at Hamilton in January 1993. But thereafter he struggled, taking 5 for 434 in four Tests against Australia, and drifted out of the reckoning. His cause was not helped by mood swings and clashes with some senior members of the side.
Martin Williamson
