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Tom is following brother Tom into the Welsh Cricketing circles
Eleven year old Tom Murphy is to follow in his brothers footsteps as he receives his first Welsh cap this year. He is the opening bowler for the Wales under 11’s Cricket team, under the welsh manager Peter Davies and coach Graham Burgess.
Hard work earns its reward
Tom, who plays for Kilgetty Cricket club and Pembrokeshire County, has been attending trials since last October and these trials have continued all through the winter months. The trials have been in the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff, Newport Gwent and Monmouth. After each trial the number of boys selected for the following trials are reduced, until a remaining twenty two boys are left to attend the final outside trial at Monmouth. It is then decided by the Welsh management which boys will be this year’s squad which consists of sixteen. Tom is extremely delighted to be representing his country. His season consists of three tours, one of which he has completed already in when the team toured North Wales.
Exciting tours to follow
He still has the Midlands and Devon tour to follow, as well as many one day games which will take him all over the country with his squad. Much to Tom’s delight two of his Pembrokeshire county team mates also got selected to play for Wales and they are Kieran Griffiths from Haverfordwest and Phillip Llewellyn. Tom’s highest score for Wales so far with the bat is 33 and his best bowling figures are 2 wickets for 15 runs of 8 overs. He scored 49 not out away in Gwent but unfortunately heavy rain set in so the match was abandoned. Tom knows exactly what it is like to play all over the country as he has followed his brother for the last six years. He thoroughly enjoys playing cricket and hopes that the season continues to be a great success for him and his team mates.
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