Todd Murphy

The 22-year-old from Victoria has scalped 29 wickets 25.20 from 10 first-class matches and is the least experienced candidate among the other three Aussie ...

Earlier this month when Sportstar caught up with the offie, he said, “It came as a bit of a surprise (being included in the Australian squad), to be honest. The last time Australia played two specialist off-spinners was in 1988, when Tim May and Peter Taylor played two Tests together in Pakistan. The 22-year-old from Victoria has scalped 29 wickets at 25.20 from 10 first-class matches and is the least experienced candidate among the other three Aussie spinners in the squad— Nathan Lyon, Ashton Agar and Mitchell Swepson.

The photo coming out of Nagpur gave it all away - and it wasn't the only shock.

Head was player of the series in the Ashes last summer, and has been a key member of the Aussie side in recent years, though his record in sub-continental conditions is poor. In another selection shock, established star batter Travis Head has been axed from the side, despite having arguably been snubbed of player of the series honours against South Africa in Australia last month. [Australia](https://7news.com.au/sport/australian-cricket-team) in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series in India. Murphy is Australia’s first Test debutant since Queensland leggie Mitchell Swepson was brought in for the second match against Pakistan last March. [Live scorecards, stats and more](https://7news.com.au/sport/cricket/match-centre?competition=3135&match=56735). The youngster was seen marking out his runup at one end of the wicket in a clear sign he had been told he was making his debut.

Australian Test cap #465 will forever belong to Moama's Todd Murphy. The former Moama Cricket Club prodigy will be the first cricketer from the town to earn a ...

“He’s started really well for Victoria in first-class cricket. He made his First-Class cricket debut for Victoria in April 2021 before strong performances for Australia A and the Prime Minister’s XI in 2022 catapulted him into Test contention. It rounds off a meteoric rise for Murphy, who will now partner Nathan Lyon in a 35-year first, the duo being the first off-spin Test pairing in more than three decades.

One of Australia's biggest ever selection shocks has been confirmed, with Todd Murphy to debut in India after playing just seven first-class matches, ...

The 22-year-old Victorian was presented his cap by Nathan Lyon. He has been replaced by Peter Handsomb, while Matthew Renshaw retains his place. It is the first time since 1988 Australia have picked two right-arm off-spinners to play in the same match and means West Australian Ashton Agar will start the series on the outer.

India vs Australia, 1st Test: Australia picked 2 off-spinners as they handed a debut to Todd Murphy who will partner senior spinner Nathan Lyon.

Australia captain Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bat first on what is expected to a spin-friendly pitch at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur on Thursday, February 9. Meanwhile, Australia also left out in-form Travis Head to pick Peter Handscomb, who had performed well during Australia's trip to India in 2017. Nathan Lyon will lead the attack and fellow off-spinner Murphy has been picked in the 2-man spin attack.

Australia's 22-year-old off-break bowler Todd Murphy was presented with his Baggy Green ahead of play on Day 1 of the Nagpur Test as the visitors fielded ...

When it comes to batting, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne and Alex Carey have no experience of playing Test cricket in India and that is going to be challenging as well. Meanwhile, this is for the first time in 35 years when Australia are playing two specialised off-spinners in Test cricket. “It came as a bit of a surprise (being included in the Australian squad), to be honest.

IND vs AUS 2022-23: Australia faces India in the opening Nagpur Test for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. While the visitors have handed a debut to spinner Todd ...

"I think you'll see with Todd that he can bowl the classic off-spinner along with three or four other [types of deliveries]. While Agar has featured in five Tests and is a Twenty20 International (T20I) stalwart, Swepson has worn the Baggy Green in four Tests, besides playing in 11 limited-overs games. The bespectacled Murphy, presented the Baggy Green by veteran off-spinner Nathan Lyon in Nagpur on Thursday, is featuring in his maiden international match for Australia, and his selection ahead of spinners Ashton Agar and Mitchell Swepson did come as a wonder.

Former Australia left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe has praised the team management's decision to hand out Test debut to tweaker Todd Murphy in the opening game ...

I just hope that Todd can produce his best and really lock down an end and do what is required to support the other three bowlers." Former Australia left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe has praised the team management's decision to hand out Test debut to tweaker Todd Murphy in the opening game against India, saying the 22-year-old's "overspin and drop" will come in handy on turning subcontinental tracks. Like us on [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.robo.ndtv.cricket&hl=en)or [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/ndtv-cricket/id418320331?mt=8). I can see him in the next 12-18 months being a suitable replacement for Nathan Lyon and I think we'll see that straight away in this first Test." O'Keefe, who has 35 wickets in nine Test, also added that Murphy has in his repertoire a few more variations apart from his classic off-spin, and this makes him a likely heir to Lyon in the years to come. "I think what you'll see with Todd is he can bowl the classic off-spinner along with three or four other (types of deliveries).

New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS): Former Australia left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe is excited about the prospect of off-spinner Todd Murphy making his Test debut ...

I just hope that Todd can produce his best and really lock down an end and do what is required to support the other three bowlers." Todd Murphy is the guy in his brief cricket journey so far who can use all of those skills in certain parts of the game and really exploit them," O'Keefe said on SEN's Whateley show. "I think what you'll see with Todd is he can bowl the classic off-spinner along with three or four other (types of deliveries).

The bespectacled Todd Murphy, who was presented the Baggy Green by fellow spinner Nathan Lyon in Nagpur on Thursday, is playing his first international ...

I just hope that Todd can produce his best and really lock down an end and do what is required to support the other three bowlers." "I think what you'll see with Todd is he can bowl the classic off-spinner along with three or four other (types of deliveries). Not only that, he's got a lot of skills to his armoury, he can bowl square seam which is important over there…

Nathan Lyon has filled the spin bowling void in the home conditions for Australia, but he is yet to find a suitable partner. Amidst this crisis, Australia ...

Todd was selected and given debut over a few experienced spinners in Australian squad like Ashton Agar and Mitchell Swepson. His childhood coach Craig Howard revealed that his strength is bowling overspin and he can deceive batters in the air rather than off the wicket as there is not much turn available in the Australian conditions. Whenever the India vs Australia Test series has been held in India, spinners from both sides have played a major part in determining the outcome. From Murali Kartik to Jason Krejza, Pragyan Ojha to Steve O'Keefe, Ravichandran Ashwin to Nathan Lyon, spinners have been integral part of the folklores of the India vs Australia Test series. He has a very little experience even in domestic cricket as he has played only 10 first-class matches scalping 29 wickets at an average of 25.20. India and Australia have clashed once again in the ongoing Test series between the two cricketing mega nations hosted by India.

India vs Australia, 1st Test Day 1: Peter Handscomb said that Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy are similar but they bowl differently.

The Indian team bowl really well as a unit and didn’t give us much to score off." "Jadeja was obviously bowling very well, not really giving our batsmen a lot to hit and I found him tough to score (against). They will stick to their plans, they won't try to bowl like each other.

22-year-old Todd Murphy's father Jamie Murphy talked about his son's similarities with legendary Australian bowler Shane Warne.

Team India ended the day after losing a wicket to none other than Todd Murphy, who caught and bowled KL Rahul for 20 runs. Murphy’s father, Jamie, left Moama at 2 AM and made the three-hour drive to the Melbourne airport, from where he flew out to Nagpur via Sydney and Bangalore. Becoming the 465th male player to put on the Baggy Green cap, Todd’s father, Jamie Murphy, recently came forward and compared the 22-year-old’s mentality to that of legendary Australian bowler Shane Warne.

Todd Murphy has been named as Australia's 465th male Test cricketer, having only picked up the art of offspin six years ago while “stuffing around” near his ...

Interesting treatment of the pitch in Nagpur. According to SEN’s Bharat Sundaresan, the ground staff have watered the entire centre of the surface, but the area on a good length for left handers was left to parch in the brutal Maharashtrian heat, and wasn’t rolled either. The conditions of India are not completely foreign to the bespectacled offspinner, having been sent alongside a group of emerging spinners by Cricket Australia to Chennai’s MRF Academy on top of being selected in the Australia A squad to tour Asia last year. Steve O’Keefe, the last Australian spinner to have any success in India, taking 19 wickets on the 2017 tour at an average of 23.26, said Murphy is “as good an off-spinner as I’ve seen since Nathan Lyon.” The offspinner now looms as one of Australia’s best bowling weapons as they look to keep themselves in the fight defending a first innings total of 177 on Friday. The Victorian has seen a rapid rise to the Test squad, with only one first-class match to his name at the start of last summer.

Australia were bundled up for 177 on Day 1 of the match after skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat on a spin-friendly pitch.

“I thought Todd bowled well, he bowled pretty well. “If we’re not going to use them yesterday they might as well pack their Baggy Greens away. Talking on SEN 1170 Breakfast, he said, “In my eyes, probably not the right selection call.”

Cricket world erupts as new Aussie cult hero stuns India with 'extraordinary' Test debut.

Kohli looked to tickle the off-spinner through fine leg, with Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey holding onto a superb catch down the leg side. 3 looked to paddle a length delivery that was flying down the leg side, instead top-edging a regulation catch towards short fine leg. “(Murphy’s) not looking to bounce the ball, he’s looking to hit pads.” To the surprise of many, Murphy outclassed veteran spinner Nathan Lyon on Friday morning; the heir apparent was more consistent, getting the ball to drift and threatening both edges of the bat. [Australia had not picked two strike off-spinners in a Test match since 1988](https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/hes-going-to-be-a-star-nathan-lyons-heir-apparent-earns-maiden-test-callup-after-breakthrough-summer/news-story/9e1ca0ac3939fb392a77f6bd75ecea51), traditionally favouring tweakers who turn the ball in opposite directions. [with only seven first-class matches under his belt](https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/australia/hes-going-to-be-a-star-nathan-lyons-heir-apparent-earns-maiden-test-callup-after-breakthrough-summer/news-story/9e1ca0ac3939fb392a77f6bd75ecea51), was handed his baggy green this week after a prolific Sheffield Shield campaign for Victoria, beating out Ashton Agar and Mitchell Swepson for the gig.

India wicket-keeping batter Dinesh Karthik has said that Australia spinner Todd Murphy has natural variations, which makes him more effective than Nathan ...

Murphy has picked up three wickets on his debut against India at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur. Murphy has been the pick of the Australian bowlers in the first Test against India, picking up three wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Ashwin were the two bowlers who did the most damage, picking up five and three wickets each.