Stephen Murdoch

Stephen Murdoch (born 6 August 1983) is a New Zealand cricketer who has played for Wellington and Canterbury.^[1]

Stephen Murdoch

Personal information
Full name	Stephen Joseph Murdoch
Born	(1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 42) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 83 61 49 Runs scored 5306 2042 976 Batting average 37.10 36.46 24.40 100s/50s 13/31 5/12 0/7 Top score 171 136 92* Balls bowled 14 – – Wickets 1 – – Bowling average 13.00 – – 5 wickets in innings 0 – – 10 wickets in match 0 – – Best bowling 1/0 – – Catches/stumpings 53/– 22/– 21/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 November 2019

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.^[2] In February 2019, in the 2018–19 Plunket Shield season, Murdoch scored his 5,000th run in the Plunket Shield.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5]