{"id":163408,"date":"2022-11-26T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T22:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=163408"},"modified":"2022-11-26T18:02:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T22:02:37","slug":"former-west-indies-keeper-david-murray-dies-at-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-west-indies-keeper-david-murray-dies-at-72\/","title":{"rendered":"Former West Indies Keeper David Murray Dies at 72"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Barbados and West Indies wicketkeeper\/batsman David Murray has died. He was 72.<\/p>\n

Murray, the son of the late legendary cricketer Sir Everton Weekes, reportedly collapsed near his home in Station Hill, St Michael Friday.<\/p>

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Murray made his First Class debut for Barbados in 1971 and later his Test debut for the West Indies against Australia at Georgetown, Guyana in 1978.<\/p>

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Considered one of the best-ever glovesmen for the regional side, he played 19 Test matches scoring three half-centuries with a highest score of 84.<\/p>\n

Murray also played a 114 First Class matches scoring 4,503 runs, with his highest score of 206 not out, at an average of 30.84 with seven centuries and 19 half-centuries.<\/p>

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The 72-year-old suffered a hand injury on a tour of Australia in 1982 and was replaced by his backup Jeffrey Dujon, who eventually took over as West Indies first choice keeper.<\/p>\n

The following year, Murray was one of 17 West Indian cricketers banned from regional cricket as a result of their participation in a rebel tour to the then apartheid South Africa.<\/p>

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He never played for the West Indies again and his last First Class match was in 1982.<\/p>

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In later years, Murray had issues with substance abuse, which he spoke about publicly, but would still make himself available to assist young aspiring wicketkeepers in Barbados.<\/p>\n

His son, Ricky Hoyte, also represented Barbados at the First Class level.<\/p>\n

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