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| Full name | Murray Wayne Creed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 1979 Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Panther | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Nottinghamshire Cricket Board | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998/99-2000/01 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997/98-1998/99 | Eastern Province B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
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]