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Murray George Webb (born 22 June 1947 in Invercargill) is a prominent New Zealand caricature artist and a former New Zealand Test cricketer. ==Cricket career== Murray Webb, six feet four inches tall,〔Andy Quick, "Look Out Australia", ''Australian Cricket'', January 1971, p. 47.〕 was a fast bowler who played first-class cricket for Otago between 1969-70 and 1973-74 and represented New Zealand in three Test matches. In his first first-class match, against Wellington, he took 5 for 34 and 3 for 43, and he finished his first season with 31 wickets at an average of 17.25, helping Otago to win the Plunket Shield. He played one match for New Zealand against the visiting Australian team, and ''Wisden'' noted the emergence of "a most promising fast bowler".〔''Wisden'' 1971, p. 960.〕 In 1970-71, he took 6 for 56 for South Island against North Island in a trial match before the two-match series against England, and made his Test debut in the Second Test, taking two wickets. His bowling helped Otago to another Plunket Shield in 1971-72, when he took his best first-class figures of 7 for 49 against Wellington. He toured the West Indies with New Zealand at the end of the season, but took only eight wickets in six matches, and none in the one Test he played.〔Wisden 1973, pp. 879-98.〕 After missing the 1972-73 season except for one match for Canterbury he returned to Otago in 1973-74 and took 40 wickets in five matches in the Plunket Shield at 14.65. He took five or more wickets in an innings five times, with best figures of 6 for 49 against Auckland. He was selected for the First Test against Australia, but took only two wickets in a drawn match on a batsmen's pitch.〔''Wisden'' 1975, pp. 952-53.〕 It was his last first-class match, at the age of 26. His younger brother Richard was also a pace bowler who played for Otago; Richard also represented New Zealand, but as a one-day player. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murray Webb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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