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Revision as of 16:35, 15 September 2008

Chris Martin
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Stewart Martin
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 211)17 November 2001 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 119)2 January 2001 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–presentAuckland
2008Wawrickshire
1997–2004Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC List A
Matches 35 20
Runs scored 74 8
Batting average 2.38 1.60
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 12* 3
Balls bowled 1367 1367
Wickets 140 18
Bowling average 33.41 44.68
5 wickets in innings 8 0
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 6/54 3/62
Catches/stumpings 9/- 7/-
Source: CricketArchive, 15 September 2008

Christopher Stewart Martin (born 10 December, 1974 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Martin now plays provincial cricket for Auckland, having formerly played for the Canterbury Wizards. He also signed for English county cricket side Warwickshire for their 2008 domestic campaign.

Martin is one of 11 New Zealand Test cricketers to have taken 100 wickets. Although predominantly a Test bowler, Martin moved back into contention for one-day internationals after International Cricket Council rule changes permitted substitutions during games. Although the rule has since been revoked, Martin has remained on the fringes of the ODI squad and was called up to the New Zealand World Cup 2007 squad as a replacement for the injured Daryl Tuffey.

Martin is an archetypal tail-end batsman. Geoffrey Boycott has described his efforts with the willow as "hopeless", while former New Zealand international turned Sky Sports pundit Martin Crowe famously dubbed him 'the worst batsman ever to play the game' and 'the worst batsman in the history of cricket'. In addition to this, Martin has the rather dubious honour of belonging to a select group of cricketers whose statistics of wickets taken exceeds runs scored.

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