Murphy was given his debut cap by Nathan Lyon in Nagpur, ahead of the first India-Australia Test.
Many fans were looking forward to the series’ debutants as the Border Gavaskar Trophy got underway. Suryakumar Yadav and KS Bharat made their Test debuts for India, while Nathan Lyon handed Todd Murphy his first Test cap for Australia.
Todd Murphy, the 465th male player to wear the Baggy Green cap, recently came forward and compared the 22-year-mentality old’s to that of legendary Australian bowler Shane Warne. Jamie played with the late Shane Warne in the early 1990s and believes Todd has more in common with Warne than one might think.
“There’s a lot of traits of Warnie in Todd, That never-say-die attitude, that ‘we can win from anywhere’ attitude. He (Todd) is also a little ‘out there’ at times “Cricket Australia was informed by Jamie Murphy.
The Murphys travelled a long distance to Nagpur to see Todd represent the national side in the Baggy Greens as the 22-year-old Murphy finally received his debut game for the Aussies. Murphy’s father, Jamie, left Moama at 2 a.m. and drove three hours to Melbourne, where he flew to Nagpur via Sydney and Bangalore.
Jamie, Todd’s brother Joel, Todd’s uncle Troy, Todd’s cousin Riley, and Todd’s partner Bec were all at the VCA stadium to see Todd make his debut and represent Australia in the first Test against India.
Meanwhile, India dominated the first day of the Nagpur Test match. Only 177 runs were scored by the Australians after Marnus Labuschagne scored 49 off 123 balls and Alex Carey provided some much-needed runs.
Meanwhile, India dominated the first day of the Nagpur Test match. Only 177 runs were scored by the Australians after Marnus Labuschagne scored 49 off 123 balls and Alex Carey provided some much-needed runs.
