David Murray, a wicketkeeper for the West Indies cricket team in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at age 72, Cricket West Indies said.
Making his international debut in 1973, the Barbadian cricketer appeared in 19 tests, 10 one-day internationals and 114 first-class matches, according to Cricket West Indies. In the 1980s, he was considered one of the best wicketkeepers in the game. Murray’s legacy was tainted, however, by his decision to take part in a “rebel tour” in South Africa in 1983.
In the years after the tour, Murray and his family faced being deported from Australia, where his wife gave birth to their baby daughter, for his role in the rebel tours. They were unwelcome back in the Caribbean, too, he told CNN in 2013. “They didn’t want me to return,” Murray said. “Politics got into it.” In a statement offering condolences, CWI President Ricky Skerritt addressed Murray’s legacy but made no mention of the ban or the ensuing controversy that surrounded Murray’s career.
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