Happy birthday, Chris Martin: 233 Test wickets with 10 five-fors
Christopher Stewart Martin 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.
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Batting Career Summary
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 71 | 104 | 52 | 123 | 12 | 2.37 | 615 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| ODI | 21 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1.33 | 29 | 27.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 6 | 83.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Bowling Career Summary
| M | Inn | B | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Econ | Avg | SR | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 71 | 126 | 14026 | 7878 | 233 | 6/26 | 11/180 | 3.37 | 33.81 | 60.2 | 10 | 1 |
| ODI | 21 | 20 | 1008 | 866 | 21 | 3/62 | 6/124 | 5.15 | 41.24 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 6 | 6 | 138 | 193 | 7 | 2/14 | 2/14 | 8.39 | 27.57 | 19.71 | 0 | 0 |
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Career Information
Test debut vs South Africa at Mangaung Oval, Nov 17, 2000
Last Test vs South Africa at Newlands, Jan 02, 2013
ODI debut vs Zimbabwe at Owen Delany Park, Jan 02, 2001
Last ODIvs England at AMI Stadium, Feb 23, 2008
T20 debut vs Kenya at Kingsmead, Sep 12, 2007
Last T20vs England at AMI Stadium, Feb 07, 2008
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Interesting facts: Martin’s dubious batting skills have prompted him to feature in a video called ‘Learn to bat like Chris Martin’ – a clip that is a rage on YouTube.