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Full name Christopher Stewart Martin
Born December 10, 1974, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 33 years 361 days
Major teams New Zealand,Canterbury,Warwickshire
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
45
65
30
76
12*
2.17
388
19.58
0
0
11
0
9
0
ODIs
20
7
2
8
3
1.60
27
29.62
0
0
0
0
7
0
T20Is
6
1
1
5
5*
-
6
83.33
0
0
0
0
1
0
First-class
133
167
79
347
25
3.94
0
0
26
0
List A
109
44
23
78
13
3.71
0
0
22
0
Twenty20
32
3
3
10
5*
-
14
71.42
0
0
0
0
7
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
45
78
8602
4899
146
6/54
11/180
33.55
3.41
58.9
5
8
1
ODIs
20
19
948
804
18
3/62
3/62
44.66
5.08
52.6
0
0
0
T20Is
6
6
138
193
7
2/14
2/14
27.57
8.39
19.7
0
0
0
First-class
133
25293
12887
418
6/54
30.83
3.05
60.5
18
1
List A
109
5361
4230
147
6/24
6/24
28.77
4.73
36.4
4
2
0
Twenty20
32
31
702
904
27
3/33
3/33
33.48
7.72
26.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Bloemfontein, Nov 17-21, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Nov 28-Dec 1, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Taupo, Jan 2, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 23, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Kenya v New Zealand at Durban, Sep 12, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v England at Christchurch, Feb 7, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Nov 28-Dec 1, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Warwickshire v Surrey at Birmingham, Aug 25, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Northern Districts v Auckland at Hamilton, Jan 20, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Warwickshire v Kent at Birmingham, Jul 9-10, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Chris Martin is an angular fast-medium bowler who receives almost as much attention for his inept batting as for his nagging bowling, which has produced more than 100 Test wickets, including 11 in the match as New Zealand whipped South Africa at Auckland in March 2004. Seven more scalps followed in the next game. It was all the more remarkable as they were his first Tests in almost two years - he had been overlooked since Pakistan piled up 643 at Lahore in May 2002, when Martin took 1 for 108. He got his original chance after a crop of injuries, but did not disgrace himself in the first portion of his Test career, taking 34 wickets at 34 in his initial 11 Tests, including six as Pakistan were crushed by an innings at Hamilton in 2000-01. Since his return he has maintained that average of 34, happy to bowl long spells à la Ewen Chatfield - he claimed 5 for 152 at Brisbane in November 2004, after a surprisingly unproductive England tour. He remained in the frame throughout 2005-06, rounding the season off with 5 for 37 as South Africa struggled in the first innings of the final Test at Johannesburg, which they eventually squeaked by four wickets.
But Martin is likely to be remembered more for his clueless batting: he has 23 ducks and did not make a double-figure score until his 36th Test, against Bangladesh, although he did once manage 25 for his former province, Canterbury, sharing a stand of 75 with Chris Harris. His inability to improve his batting has cost Martin the chance to play more ODIs, although he was chosen in the Twenty20 World Championship squad for September 2007 as the coach John Bracewell believed "it is unlikely that his batting will be exposed in Twenty20 cricket".
Steven Lynch November 2008
