Todd Murphy

Pat Cummins has revealed that Australia is prepared to do what it has not done since 1988 in the series op...

He's started really well for Victoria in first-class cricket. He's been bowling beautifully in the nets over here. READ MORE:

Shock debut, four-year Test return loom as India accused of 'straight up pitch doctoring'

“You’ve got to embrace it. “I think it (handed-ness) is a factor over here. “I think the open-mindedness of what we’re going to come up against, what team they’re going to put on the park and what scenario I’m going to come in at. “Try to plan and prepare the best we can and then once we‘re in the middle, it’s enjoy the contest, be patient with all the things that come into your head and then hope for the best.” You’ve got to be really proactive straightaway. “He’s started really well for Victoria in first-class cricket. “The guys have been working a lot on their plans and their methods when the pitch is flat and when it has been spinning,” Smith said. “Hopefully, we have the tools in the kitbag to handle them.” “If they really think there’s a pitch here that doesn’t play to the normal standards of Test cricket and the characteristics of this ground, then the ICC need to do something.” “If they think the pitch is not right, there’ll be an ICC referee at the game and the ICC will be watching this game. “The Indian line-up is going to be packed full of right-handers, so I think it plays a small factor.” [reporting](https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/in-a-spin-todd-murphy-poised-for-test-debut-as-australia-prepare-for-pitch-chaos-20230208-p5ciyr.html) Handscomb is “on the verge of a recall”.

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.

Todd Murphy will face a baptism of fire for his Test debut after being named to play in Australia's side for the first Test in Nagpur.

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. Cummins won the coin flip and said Australia will bat first, while Peter Handscomb has sensationally replaced Travis Head in the middle order. Not only that, he’s got a lot of skills to his armoury, he can bowl square seam which is important over there…

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.

Australia debutant Todd Murphy's father Jamie played cricket with the late, great Shane Warne and he says there are similarities between the two spinners.

"The (step-up beyond Premier cricket) I wasn't able to do, wasn't good enough to do. "That's the bottom line. "Nathan has been great," said Jamie. I've been able to pass on that a little bit," said Jamie. "There's a lot of traits of Warnie in Todd," the 56-year-old Murphy told cricket.com.au on Thursday morning. He (Todd) is 'out there' a little bit at times as well."

Todd Murphy and Nathan Lyon have enough contrast to function effectively as a spin tandem in India, according to the man who had a significant hand in ...

“In Australia you’ve got to bowl with really high overspin and, technically, he’s really well set up to do that. So, he’s had to learn through that to be adaptable with his seam position because he knows what he has to do in Australia doesn’t always work in those conditions. “He’s got an incredible will and competitive spirit,” Howard said. “He’s very well versed in what he needs to do in these conditions,” Howard said. “Murph has had to manipulate his seam a little bit more because his stock ball isn’t quite as brutish as Nathan’s at the moment. So, he’s certainly able to bowl with more variation than Nathan had.