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Full name Murray William Goodwin
Born December 11, 1972, Salisbury (now Harare)
Current age 35 years 158 days
Major teams Netherlands, Zimbabwe, ACB Chairman's XI, Ahmedabad Rockets, Cricket Australia Chairman's XI, Mashonaland, Mashonaland A, Subiaco-Floreat, Sussex, Warriors, Western Australia, Western Australia Second XI
Nickname Muzza, Fuzz, Goodie
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Height 1.77 m
Education St John's, Harare, Zimbabwe; Newtonmoore Senior High, Bunbury, Western Australia

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	19	37	4	1414	166*	42.84	3053	46.31	3	8	165	5	10
ODIs	71	70	3	1818	112*	27.13	2654	68.50	2	8	160	8	20
First-class	221	387	30	17270	335*	48.37			53	73			131
List A	303	293	32	9077	167	34.77			12	56			95
Twenty20	36	31	3	648	102*	23.14	545	118.89	1	2	71	10	4

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	19	8	119	69	0	-	-	-	3.47	-	0	0	0
ODIs	71	15	248	210	4	1/12	1/12	52.50	5.08	62.0	0	0	0
First-class	221		701	363	7	2/23		51.85	3.10	100.1		0	0
List A	303		351	306	7	1/9	1/9	43.71	5.23	50.1	0	0	0
Twenty20	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
Test debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Kandy, Jan 7-11, 1998 scorecard
Last Test	England v Zimbabwe at Nottingham, Jun 1-5, 2000 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Jan 22, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Zimbabwe at Lord's, Jul 22, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1994/95
Last First-class	Sussex v Surrey at Hove, Apr 30-May 3, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1994/95
Last List A	Sussex v Surrey at Hove, May 8, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Kent v Sussex at Birmingham, Aug 4, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Murray Goodwin is a diminutive and sometimes destructive player who can bat anywhere in the top four. His formative years were spent on the bouncy WACA wickets in Perth, and left him a predominantly back-foot player who cuts and pulls the pace men with impunity. His light feet and willingness to use them make him equally adept against spin, and he is quick and alert in the field. Goodwin was born in Rhodesia, where he returned after his family had emigrated to Australia while he was still a youngster. But his wife could not settle in Zimbabwe, and Goodwin went back to Australia after the England tour of 2000, thus renouncing the chance to play Test cricket. Goodwin, who was popular with his team-mates, missed the chance to become one of Zimbabwe's great batsmen. In the meantime he made a name for himself at Sussex. After a prolific season in 2001, he became an instant legend two years later, when he scored a club-record 335 not out against Leicestershire to seal Sussex's first Championship title in their 164-year history. He has since been involved in the success in the C & G Trophy final of 2006. At Western Australia he has enjoyed some big-scoring years, including 1183 in 2003-04 and 840 the following summer, and moved into the top 15 on the state's domestic first-class run list, but he seems to be on the way out after playing only three games last summer.
Geoffrey Dean June 2006

May 1, 2008

Murray Goodwin fell for 98 after an attractive innings
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Apr 16, 2008

Murray Goodwin acknowledges his century
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Aug 4, 2007

Simon Cook makes an unsuccessful appeal against Murray Goodwin
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