PLAYER PROFILE

Chris Martin, Right Arm Fast Bowler, New Zealand

Chris Martin

NEW ZEALAND


Name
Christopher Stewart Martin

Country
New Zealand

Date of Birth
December 10, 1974

Place of Birth
Christchurch

Batting Style
Right Handed

Bowling Style
Right arm fast medium

ODI Debut
January 2, 2001 v Zimbabwe

Test Debut
November 17, 2000 v South Africa

T20 Debut
September 12, 2007 v Kenya

  • TESTs
  • ODIs
  • T20s
Chris Martin is a tall and lean fast-medium bowler from Christchurch. He is known for his nagging consistency and is one of the few New Zealand Test cricketers to have taken 100 wickets. Martin is also famous for his lack of ability to bat and is one of a select group of cricketers whose statistics of wickets taken is much more than runs scored. The start to his international career was impressive as he scalped quick wickets at the top order.

The Christchurch pacer is an angular fast-medium bowler and has the ability to swing the ball vigorously. He is also very effective with the old ball as he possesses the quality to reverse swing the ball. The slight-built seamer hogged the limelight when he picked up an 11-wicket haul in the Test match as he ran through the South African batting line-up.

Martin has done the job of spearheading the Kiwi pace attack magnificently in recent times and his ability to take wickets in a heap with the new ball makes him a valuable asset for New Zealand.

TESTs BATTING vs ALL TEAMS
M
INN
NO
Runs
HS
100s
50s
Avg
SR
54
77
40
83
12*
0
0
2.24
18.74
TESTs BOWLING vs ALL TEAMS
M
Overs
Runs
Mdns
Wkts
Avg
Best
Econ
54
1782.5
6081
376
180
33.78
6/54
3.41