Chris Martin (cricketer)

Christopher Stewart Martin (born 10 December 1974) is a former New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Martin played provincial cricket for Auckland, having formerly played for the Canterbury Wizards.

Chris Martin
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Stewart Martin
Born (1974-12-10) 10 December 1974
Christchurch, New Zealand
NicknameThe Phantom, The Walking Wicket, Tommy
Height183 m (600 ft 5 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
  • New Zealand (2000–2013)
Test debut (cap 211)17 November 2000 v South Africa
Last Test2 January 2013 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 119)2 January 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI23 February 2008 v England
T20I debut (cap 24)12 September 2007 v Kenya
Last T20I7 February 2008 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98–2004/05Canterbury
2005/06–2008/09Auckland
2008Warwickshire
2009/10Canterbury
2010Essex
2010/11–2012/13Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 71 20 192 142
Runs scored 123 8 479 86
Batting average 2.36 1.60 3.71 2.86
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 12* 3 25 13
Balls bowled 14,026 948 36,858 6,920
Wickets 233 18 599 193
Bowling average 33.81 44.66 31.83 29.16
5 wickets in innings 10 0 23 3
10 wickets in match 1 0 1 0
Best bowling 6/26 3/62 6/26 6/24
Catches/stumpings 14/– 7/– 34/– 28/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 January 2019

He also signed for the English county cricket side, Warwickshire, for their 2008 domestic campaign and played one first-class match for Essex in 2010. In 1999 he played a season of club cricket in Scotland for Heriots FP Cricket Club.

He retired from all cricket in late 2013.

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