Murphy Su'a

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Murphy Su'a
New Zealand
Personal information
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	Left-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	13	12
Runs scored	165	24
Batting average	12.69	4.79
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	44	12*
Balls bowled	2843	463
Wickets	36	9
Bowling average	38.25	40.77
5 wickets in innings	2	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/73	4/59
Catches/stumpings	8/-	1/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo

Murphy Logo Su'a (b. 7 November 1966) in Wanganui) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 13 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.

Su'a was often thought of as a great under-achiever. A left arm seamer who never scaled the heights that is talent suggested he might, the first Samoan to play test cricket for New Zealand (and before Ross Taylor's debut, the only). Su'a even resorted to bowling left arm spin (embarrassingly) in test cricket as his career was on the decline.

Su'a was included in the 1992 World Cup squad for New Zealand but famously did not play in a single game, being 12th man in all of them.

Su'a then became a motivational speaker in the United States.

Currently he is a Customer Loyalty and Growth Manager at Vodafone NZ.

v • d • e New Zealand squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup 1 Crowe (c) • 2 Cairns • 3 Greatbatch • 4 Harris • 5 Jones • 6 Larsen • 7 Latham • 8 Morrison • 9 Patel • 10 Rutherford • 11 Smith (wk) • 12 Su'a • 13 Watson • 14 Wright