Murray Bennett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Murray Bennett
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	Oct 6, 1956(1956-10-06)
Age	68
Birthplace	Brisbane
Country	Australia
Birth City	Queensland
Horoscope	Libra

Murray Bennett Biography

Murray Bennett is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on October 6, 1956 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Murray John Bennett, born 6 October 1956 in Brisbane, Queensland, is an ex-Australian cricketer who played in eight ODIs and three Tests between 1984 and 1985.

Bennett was retained after his Test success. Bennett had scored a total of 3/53 in 19 overs from his domestic one-dayers. Bennett was present in five of the opening matches of the 1984-85 World Series Cup. He bowled an economical spell in Melbourne’s first match, scoring 1/23 runs from ten overs. His maiden ODI wicket was Gordon Greenidge. Bennett’s efforts were not enough to stop West Indies reaching their target of 241, with seven wickets and over five runs in hand. After returning to the SCG, Bennett took 1/44 of his ten overs and removed Brendon Kuruppu. The Australian batsmen won a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka. After Bennett’s success in earlier matches, Bennett was outmatched by the West Indian batsmen in Brisbane. Bennett was out for the first time in an ODI and scored three runs as Australia were defeated for 191. The tourists then attacked Bennett, scoring 21 runs in his three overs to win a five-wicket victory with more than 12 overs remaining. The series returned to Sydney for the next match. Bennett was unsuccessful on home turf, as the West Indies scored 40 runs in his six overs. They also won another five-wicket victory. Bennett was dropped after he took 0/48 in nine overs against Sri Lanka and lost the match. Bennett ended his ODI campaign with two wickets, a score of 88.00 and an economy rating of 4.63.

Despite his poor domestic form in one-dayers, Bennett was selected for the Australian team on a One Day tour to India in 1984, making his ODI debut in the fifth and final match of the series in Indore, taking an economical 0/37 from his ten overs as the hosts made 5/235. He was not required to bat as the Australians completed a six-wicket victory. He then took 1/33 from his ten overs as the tourists defeated Bombay before returning to Australia.

During the winter of 1984, Bennett travelled to England to play in the Lancashire League for Ramsbottom Cricket Club as their overseas professional. He started relatively slowly, taking 12 wickets in his first five innings with the ball.

The bespectacled Bennett, at 26 years old, was unable to make it to first- class until his debut in the Sheffield Shield season 1982-83. He took 2/74 in 52 overs against Western Australia. This included 25 maidens. His victims were Test players Tony Mann and Craig Serjeant. In a high scoring draw, he also got an unbeaten 30, He took 4/55 in 40.1 overs against Tasmania in another economical performance. However, it was not enough to stop a seven-wicket loss. Bennett was wicketless in South Australia’s next match, but he did manage a unbeaten 59, which was his maiden-first class fifty. In the match against Western Australia, Bennett scored his first five-wicket win. He took 3/47 runs in the first innings and claimed 5/39 to win the match for the Western Australians. Out of his total match 65.2 overs, 39 matches were won by maidens.

Murray Bennett Net Worth

Murray Bennett is one of the richest Cricketer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Murray Bennett 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bennett was a promising left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He made a successful foray in Sydney Grade Cricket for St. George from 1973 to 1974 and was selected for New South Wales’ combined schoolboy team. He was a member of the New South Wales Colts youth team, during the 1976-77 season. He took nine wickets at 10.44 in the two matches he played in that summer. He scored 102 runs and took 6/34 to win the second match against Queensland Colts. He was not selected for the youth team the next season, and did not return to the field until 1978-79. He scored 19 runs at 4.75 and took six wickets at 12.66. He played two more games for the Colts in the following season. He took five wickets at 12.66 and scored an unbeaten run of 116 in one match.

He was well-known for his accuracy and well-disguised arm balls. This made him an integral part the state’s bowling attack, which became the dominant domestic team at the Sheffield Shield in 1980s. Bennett was part of a spin- oriented team that included Bob Holland (leg spin), Greg Matthews (off-spin) and played in all ten New South Wales round-robin Shield matches. He also participated in two first-class fixtures against Sri Lankan and touring England cricket teams.

In the 1984-85 Sheffield Shield, Bennett struggled to make the NSW team when not playing in Sydney, however, he made the most of his chance in the tour match against the powerful West Indians, the dominant team in world cricket at the time. Before this match, he had taken only two wickets in as many first- class matches for the season. In the first innings Bennett made an unbeaten 16 in his team’s 287, before taking 2/53 to help dismiss the tourists for 212, securing a 75-run lead. His victims were Gus Logie and the leading batsmen in world cricket at the time, Viv Richards. In the second innings, he made six as the hosts collapsed for 129 to leave the Caribbean visitors with a target of only 205. He took 6/32 in the second innings, his best figures in first-class cricket, including the wickets of opener Desmond Haynes, Richards and captain Clive Lloyd to give NSW victory over the tourists by 72 runs. In the next match, Bennett continued his barren run and went wicketless against South Australia, and was dropped from the state team.

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Bennett continued playing for NSW until the 1987-88 season. His last season was not a success. Playing in only five of the Sheffield Shield matches because of his lack of productivity, Bennett took only four wickets at 43.50 and scored 33 runs at 5.50, and was dropped for the last time in January. He was not selected in any one-day matches.

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