| Country: | South Africa |
| Fullname: | Murray Wayne Creed |
| Nickname: | Panther |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightinch: | 9 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Nottinghamshire Cricket Board |
| Year1: | 2001–2002 |
| Club2: | Eastern Province |
| Year2: | 1998/99-2000/01 |
| Club3: | Eastern Province B |
| Year3: | 1997/98-1998/99 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 22 |
| Runs1: | 728 |
| Bat Avg1: | 25.10 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /3 |
| Top Score1: | 72 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,633 |
| Wickets1: | 18 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 49.38 |
| Fivefor1: | - |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 9/ - |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 33 |
| Runs2: | 512 |
| Bat Avg2: | 20.48 |
| 100S/50S2: | - /1 |
| Top Score2: | 77 |
| Deliveries2: | - |
| Wickets2: | - |
| Bowl Avg2: | - |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 7/ - |
| Date: | 23 November |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44494.html Cricinfo |
Murray Wayne Creed (born 5 March 1979) is a South African cricketer. Creed is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province.
Creed made his first-class debut for Eastern Province B against North West in the 1997/98 season. Creed also played first-class cricket for the main Eastern Province team, playing 14 first-class matches for them from the 1998/99-2000/01 seasons, to add to the 4 he played for the B team in the 1997/98/1998/99 seasons. Additionally, he played a single first-class match for a Border and Eastern Province Combined XI and 3 matches for the South Africa Academy.[1] In total he played 22 first-class matches, with his final one coming for Eastern Province against Free State in March 2001.[2] In his 22 career first-class matches, he scored 728 runs at a batting average of 25.10, with 3 half centuries and a high score of 72, while in the field he took 9 catches. With the ball he took 18 wickets at a bowling average of 49.38, with best figures of 4/30.
It was for Eastern Province that he made his debut in List A cricket during the 1998/99 Standard Bank League against Border. From the 1998/99 season to the 2000/01 season, he represented the Province in 30 List A matches, the last of which came against KwaZulu-Natal in February 2001. In his 30 matches for the Province, he scored 383 runs at an average of 17.40, with a high score of 47, while in the field he took 6 catches. With the ball he took 9 wickets at an average of 39.33, with best figures of 2/22.[3]
He later represented the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board in 3 List A matches. These against Bedfordshire in the 1st round of the 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, Oxfordshire in the 1st round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002 and Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was played in 2002.[4] In his 3 matches for the Board, he scored 129 runs at an average of 43.00, with a single half century high score of 77.[5]