Murray Goodwin

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Murray Goodwin
Zimbabwe
Personal information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Legbreak
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	19	71
Runs scored	1414	1818
Batting average	42.84	27.13
100s/50s	3/8	2/8
Top score	166*	112*
Balls bowled	119	248
Wickets	-	4
Bowling average	-	52.50
5 wickets in innings	-	0
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	1/12
Catches/stumpings	10/-	20/-
As of 11 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo

Murray William Goodwin (born 11 December 1972 in Salisbury - now Harare) is a cricketer who played 19 Tests and 71 One Day Internationals for Zimbabwe.

Goodwin is a right handed top order batsman strong on the back-foot and a good cutter and puller of the ball.

Despite being born in Zimbabwe, Goodwin emigrated to Australia as a child. He moved back to Zimbabwe and represented them for two years between 1998 and 2000. His wife had trouble settling in Zimbabwe and after the England tour of 2000 they moved back to Australia.

After his retirement from international cricket he became a regular for the Western Warriors in Australia and for Sussex County Cricket Club. He made 1183 runs for Western Australia in 2003-04 and highlighted his consistency with 840 the following season. He has also played for the Netherlands as an overseas player.

He holds the Sussex record for the highest individual innings with 335 not out against Leicestershire in 2003. This beat the 73 year old record by 2 runs, a record set by Duleepsinhji. Goodwin's innings helped Sussex to win their first ever Championship title, after 164 years. He is also the only Sussex batsman to have twice made a double century and century in the same match.[1]

[edit] External links

• Player Profile: Murray Goodwin from Cricinfo

v • d • e Zimbabwe squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Campbell (c) • 2 Brandes • 3 Carlisle • 4 A Flower (wk) • 5 GW Flower • 6 Goodwin • 7 Huckle • 8 Johnson • 9 Mbangwa • 10 Olonga • 11 Strang • 12 Streak • 13 Viljoen • 14 AR Whittall • 15 GJ Whittall

Persondata
NAME	Goodwin, Murray William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	11 December 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Harare, Zimbabwe
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH