Murray Creed
Personal information
Full name
Murray Wayne Creed
Born (1979-03-05) 5 March 1979
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
NicknamePanther
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2002Nottinghamshire Cricket Board
1998/99-2000/01Eastern Province
1997/98-1998/99Eastern Province B
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 22 33
Runs scored 728 512
Batting average 25.10 20.48
100s/50s –/3 –/1
Top score 72 77
Balls bowled 1,633 –
Wickets 18 –
Bowling average 49.38 –
5 wickets in innings – –
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 4/30 –
Catches/stumpings 9/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 November 2010

Murray Wayne Creed (born 5 March 1979) is a South African cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province.

Biography

Creed made his first-class debut for Eastern Province B against North West in the 1997/98 season. Creed also played first-class cricket for the main Eastern Province team, playing 14 first-class matches for them from the 1998/99-2000/01 seasons, to add to the 4 he played for the B team in the 1997/98/1998/99 seasons. Additionally, he played a single first-class match for a Border and Eastern Province Combined XI and 3 matches for the South Africa Academy.[1] In total he played 22 first-class matches, with his final one coming for Eastern Province against Free State in March 2001.[2] In his 22 career first-class matches, he scored 728 runs at a batting average of 25.10, with 3 half centuries and a high score of 72, while in the field he took 9 catches. With the ball he took 18 wickets at a bowling average of 49.38, with best figures of 4/30.

It was for Eastern Province that he made his debut in List A cricket during the 1998/99 Standard Bank League against Border. From the 1998/99 season to the 2000/01 season, he represented the Province in 30 List A matches, the last of which came against KwaZulu-Natal in February 2001. In his 30 matches for the Province, he scored 383 runs at an average of 17.40, with a high score of 47, while in the field he took 6 catches. With the ball he took 9 wickets at an average of 39.33, with best figures of 2/22.[3]

He later represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Oxfordshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002 and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002.[4] In his 3 matches for the Board, he scored 129 runs at an average of 43.00, with a single half century high score of 77.[5]

References

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