James Clifford Thomas Murch (born 8 August 1975) is a former Australian

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for

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. He was born in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. Murch made a single appearance for the team, during the C&G Trophy in August 2003. From the middle order, he scored 24 runs with the bat, and took figures of 0–67 with the ball. He is the son of first-class cricketer

Nigel Murch Stewart Nigel Clifford Murch (27 June 1944 – 15 July 2020) was an Australian cricketer active from 1966 to 1970 who played for Northamptonshire and Victoria. Born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Murch appeared in ten first-class matches as a righ ...

. In 2009, he married Australian athlete

Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set ...

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