{"id":4655,"date":"2022-11-30T10:16:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T14:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/?p=4655"},"modified":"2022-11-30T10:43:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T14:43:02","slug":"west-indies-greatest-wicket-keeper-died-a-poorper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/2022\/11\/30\/west-indies-greatest-wicket-keeper-died-a-poorper\/","title":{"rendered":"One of West Indies GREATEST WICKET KEEPERS  DIED A POORPER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>David Murray, West Indies&#8217; unforgiven wicketkeeper, dies aged 72<\/strong><\/p>\n<header>\n<div class=\"ds-text-compact-l ds-font-regular ds-mb-3 ds-text-typo-paragraph\">\n<p>Brilliant gloveman never recovered from fateful decision to tour Apartheid South Africa in 1980s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-justify-between ds-my-2\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-mb-3\">\n<div class=\"ds-border ds-border-ui-stroke ds-text-ui-typo ds-bg-ui-fill ds-rounded-full ds-overflow-hidden ds-flex ds-items-center ds-justify-center ds-w-12 ds-h-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ds-block\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.hscicdn.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,t_h_100\/lsci\/db\/PICTURES\/CMS\/103600\/103650.gif\" alt=\"Andrew Miller\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-ml-2\"><a class=\"ds-inline-flex ds-items-start ds-leading-none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/author\/andrew-miller-9\"><span class=\"ds-text-tight-m ds-font-medium ds-text-ui-typo ds-underline ds-decoration-ui-stroke hover:ds-text-ui-typo-primary hover:ds-decoration-ui-stroke-primary ds-block ds-mb-1 ds-leading-none\">Andrew Miller<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ds-leading-3\" data-behavior=\"date_time\" data-date=\"2022-11-26T15:57:00.000Z\"><span class=\"ds-text-tight-s ds-font-regular ds-text-typo-paragraph-light\">26-Nov-2022<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-row ds-space-x-2\">\n<div class=\"ds-popper-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"ds-flex ds-items-center ds-justify-center ds-bg-transparent ds-border ds-border-ui-stroke ds-text-ui-typo ds-rounded-full ds-h-8 ds-w-8 hover:ds-bg-ui-fill-hover active:ds-bg-ui-fill-hover focus:ds-ring-4 focus:ds-ring-button-tertiary\"><i class=\"icon-insert_link-filled ds-text-icon\"><\/i><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"ds-mb-4 ds-rounded-xl ds-overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"ds-cursor-pointer ds-rounded-xl ds-cursor-default ds-w-full\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-col ds-space-y-4 ds-bg-raw-black ds-rounded-xl\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-col ds-space-y-4\">\n<div class=\"ds-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ds-rounded-t-xl\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.hscicdn.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,t_ds_w_640\/lsci\/db\/PICTURES\/CMS\/349700\/349794.4.jpg\" alt=\"David Murray in action, Pakistan vs West Indies, 2nd Test, Faisalabad, 4th day, December 12, 1980\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-px-4 ds-pb-4\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-col\">\n<p class=\"ds-text-compact-m ds-text-raw-grey04\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"xl:ds-pt-[10px] xl:ds-ml-[120px] xl:ds-w-[600px]\">\n<p class=\"ds-text-comfortable-m ds-my-4 ci-html-content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread xs-screen\">\n<div class=\"teads-ui-components-adchoices\">\n<div>It was Murray&#8217;s misfortune that his career ended up being bookended by two of the most legendary Caribbean wicketkeepers of them all &#8211; his namesake (but no relation) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/deryck-murray-52441\">Deryck Murray<\/a>, who kept him out of the Test team for much of his pomp, and then at the start of the 1980s, his younger rival <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/jeff-dujon-51657\">Jeff Dujon<\/a>, who once admitted that Murray&#8217;s silky skills made his own glovework look like &#8220;Dolly Parton&#8221;, but whose superior batting brooked no argument with the selectors.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ds-w-full ds-bg-fill-content-prime ds-overflow-hidden ds-rounded-xl ds-border ds-border-line ds-float-right ds-w-72 ds-ml-7 ds-my-6\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-px-4 ds-border-b ds-border-line ds-py-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ds-text-comfortable-m ds-my-4 ci-html-content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-text-comfortable-m ds-my-4 ci-html-content\">\n<aside class=\"ds-mt-4 ds-mb-8\">\n<div class=\"ds-cursor-pointer ds-rounded-xl ds-cursor-default ds-w-full\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-col ds-space-y-4 ds-rounded-xl\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-col ds-space-y-3\">\n<div class=\"ds-relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ds-rounded-xl\" src=\"https:\/\/img1.hscicdn.com\/image\/upload\/f_auto,t_ds_w_640\/lsci\/db\/PICTURES\/CMS\/349700\/349795.3.jpg\" alt=\"David Murray hits one on the off side, South Africa vs West Indies XI, 1st match, Durban, February 5, 1983\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-col\">\n<div class=\"ds-leading-[0] ds-text-ui-typo-mid\"><span class=\"ds-text-compact-s\">David Murray of the rebel West Indies XI bats during a one-day match against South Africa in Durban<\/span><span class=\"ds-text-compact-s ds-mx-2\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"ds-text-compact-s\">Adrian Murrell\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"ds-text-comfortable-m ds-my-4 ci-html-content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nevertheless, in 1989, the West Indies Cricket Board rescinded its lifetime ban on the South Africa rebels, and to the extent that forgiveness was achieved in the Caribbean, it was available in Barbados. One of Murray&#8217;s fellow rebels, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/ezra-moseley-52437\">Ezra Moseley<\/a>, went on to play Test cricket &#8211; famously breaking Gooch&#8217;s hand in the Trinidad Test in 1990, while Murray&#8217;s own son, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espncricinfo.com\/player\/ricky-hoyte-52068\">Ricky Hoyte<\/a>, was Barbados wicketkeeper in the 1990s, and might have broken into the Test team too had he not shared some of his father&#8217;s wayward (if less self-destructive) traits.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Murray himself, however, remained a self-imposed outcast to the end.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ds-mt-4 ds-block xl:ds-ml-[120px] xl:ds-w-[600px]\">\n<div class=\"ds-flex ds-flex-wrap ds--ml-1 ds-mb-3 ds-pb-3 ds-border-line ds-border-b\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Murray, West Indies&#8217; unforgiven wicketkeeper, dies aged 72 Brilliant gloveman never recovered from fateful decision to tour Apartheid South Africa in 1980s Andrew Miller 26-Nov-2022 &nbsp; It was Murray&#8217;s misfortune that his career ended up being bookended by two of the most legendary Caribbean wicketkeepers of them all &#8211; his namesake (but no relation) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4655"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4660,"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4655\/revisions\/4660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crickethofmuseum.org\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}