When West Indies wicketkeeper Jeff Dujon retired, the selectors tried to find an immediate replacement. One of the candidates for the post was Junior Murray. To state that the former Windward Islands wicketkeeper did not fit the bill perfectly is an

Born on January 20th, 1968, Murray became the first player from the tiny island of Grenada to represent the West Indies at the highest level. He had this honour when he made his Test debut in Sydney during the 1992/93 tour of Australia. Unfortunately, in the 33 Tests and 55 ODIs that Murray played since that tour, he failed to earn enough distinctions in front or behind the stumps.

West Indies cricket fans often found that Murray was clumsy behind the stumps. His awkwardness often led to him dropping simple catches in the field. There was not a pair of wicketkeeper's gloves that could conceal Murray's shortcomings at the best of times. Yet, he still managed to take 99 catches and effect three stumpings in his Test career.

If Murray's wicket-keeping fell short of Dujon's standards, his batting was way behind as well. A Test batting average of 22.39 and an ODI average of 22.60 is hardly anything to boast about. Murray managed to score a solitary Test century- his only century at international level. He made that unbeaten 101 batting in 7th position against New Zealand at Wellington in 1995.

Murray normally batted at 7th position for the majority of his Test career. For the Windward Islands, he batted in a higher position- usually between positions 4 and 6 in the batting order. He was a more reliable batsman at First Class level, never playing for teams other than Grenada, Windward Islands and the West Indies.

After a productive regional season in 2002, Murray was a surprise selection for the India's tour of the West Indies. He displaced the redoubtable Ridley Jacobs, who was suffering from a temporary loss of form at the time. Unsurprisingly, Murray failed spectacularly against better bowling and was not particularly impressive behind the stumps. He was never selected to the Caribbean team again, having satisfied selectors that his performances at regional level were very flattering.

Junior Murray extended his playing career with the Windward Islands to 2007, until he was 39 years old- a sign of the paucity of cricket talent in the Windward Islands in that period. His First class career ended with him failing with the bat- a fitting end to an unfulfilled cricket career.