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.