[3] His father, Jamie Murphy, was a left-handed middle-order batsman who played eight seasons for St Kilda in Victorian Premier Cricket, where he was a teammate of Shane Warne.

[4] Murphy played for Moama Cricket Club as a junior, initially as a top-order batsman and medium-pace bowler.

[7] Murphy made his first-class debut on 3 April 2021, for Victoria in the 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season, scoring 34 runs and taking one wicket.

[9] After just seven first-class matches, in 2023, Murphy was named as a member of the Australian Test squad for the team's tour of India.

Following Lyon's return home with a calf injury, Murphy made his Ashes debut at Headingley, Leeds where he took 1/49 from 9.3 overs.