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    "excerpt": "London, May 26: Canterbury Cricket and Cricket Wellington veteran Stephen Murdoch has announced his retirement from domestic cricket after a 12-year professional career. The Wellington-born played 87 ",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>London, May 26: <\/strong>Canterbury Cricket and Cricket Wellington veteran Stephen Murdoch has announced his retirement from domestic cricket after a 12-year professional career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Wellington-born played 87 first-class, 71 List A and 58 T20 matches for both provinces, amassing more than 9,000 runs with 18 centuries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I&#39;ve been fortunate to share changing rooms with great teammates, coaches and support staff throughout my career,&quot; Murdoch said in an official statement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I&#39;ve had some fantastic memories over the years from my school teams, age group sides and club cricket through to the Wellington Firebirds and Canterbury men&#39;s teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s been a privilege and an honour to represent and captain two very proud associations,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 36-year-old holds a Wellington record for the most runs in a first-class season with 998 which he achieved in 2014\/15 and finished his career sixth on the all-time run scorers list for Wellington.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>During his time playing for Canterbury, Murdoch averaged 46 in first-class cricket and 40 in List A cricket and was named Batsman of the Year for the 2018\/19 season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Current Wellington Firebirds head coach Glenn Pocknall said he will remember Murdoch for being a genuine good guy and a great teammate who scored helluva lot of runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;His contribution across the cricket community has been pretty immense,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He would always be the guy that would play club cricket given the opportunity while also achieving a pretty fashionable career for Wellington,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Canterbury Cricket head coach Brendon Donkers said: &quot;Over the past two years Stephen has earnt a lot of respect, not only from the players but from the support staff and coaches around him.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Stephen is the consummate professional and a great mentor &ndash; he has taken a youngish batting group and has really helped develop their game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He has had an outstanding career and I&#39;m sure in time he&#39;ll look back and really reflect on the matches played, his longevity and his performances. I wish him well in whatever he chooses to do after cricket,&quot; he added.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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