External links
- Cara Murray at ESPNcricinfo
- Cara Murray at CricketArchive (subscription required)
 | ||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cara Murray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 2000 Belfast, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National side |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut(cap 87) | 8 June 2018 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 January 2024 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 36) | 6 June 2018 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 11 August 2024 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2021 | Scorchers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:Cricinfo,7 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cara Murray (born 1 November 2000) is an Irish cricketer. [1] [2] [3] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for Ireland against New Zealand on 6 June 2018. [4] She plays in the Women's Super Series for Dragons. [5] [6]
She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for Ireland,also against New Zealand,on 8 June 2018. [7] On her debut,she returned the worst bowling figures in WODIs,with two wickets for 119 runs from her ten overs. [8] [9]
In June 2018,she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. [10] In July 2020,she was awarded a non-retainer contract by Cricket Ireland for the following year. [11] In November 2021,she was named in Ireland's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. [12]
On 24 August 2022,Murray took her maiden five-wicket haul in WODIs with 5/39 against Netherlands in Amstelveen. [13] [14]
On 23 January 2024,Murray became the first Irish player to take six wickets in a WODI with 6/31 against Zimbabwe in Harare. [15] [16]
She was named in the Ireland squad for their T20I and ODI tour to Bangladesh in November 2024. [17] [18]
| | ||