Chris Martin (cricketer)

Chris Martin
Personal information
Full name
Christopher Stewart Martin
Born (1974-12-10) 10 December 1974 (age 49)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NicknameThe Phantom, The Walking Wicket, Tommy
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
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

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.

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.