Bruce Martin

Bruce Philip Martin (born 25 April 1980) is a New Zealand international cricketer who played Test cricket for the national team. At domestic level he played for the Northern Districts and Auckland in the State Championship and Northland in the Hawke Cup. Martin played as a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and right-handed batsman.

For the Australian cricket umpire, see Bruce Martin (umpire). For the British architect, see Bruce Martin (architect).

Bruce Martin
Personal information
Full name
Bruce Philip Martin
Born (1980-04-25) 25 April 1980
Whangārei, New Zealand
NicknameBucko
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
RelationsDana Anderson (sister in-law)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 259)6 March 2013 v England
Last Test9 October 2013 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/00–2009/10Northern Districts
2010/11–2013/14Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 5 131 82 37
Runs scored 74 2,626 490 105
Batting average 14.80 19.16 12.56 10.50
100s/50s 0/0 2/8 0/0 0/0
Top score 41 114 37 19
Balls bowled 1,518 27,967 3,806 780
Wickets 12 355 83 39
Bowling average 53.83 37.57 32.30 26.02
5 wickets in innings 0 18 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 2 0 0
Best bowling 5/133 7/33 4/28 3/15
Catches/stumpings 0/0 46/0 24/0 7/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 May 2017

Early life and career

He was born in Whangārei and attended school in Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands.[1]

Martin played three Test matches and nine One Day Internationals for the New Zealand's under-19 side, was selected for the New Zealand A side in 2004 and in the Emerging Players tournament in Australia in 2011.

Senior career

Martin enjoyed an outstanding debut season for Northern Districts in 1999/2000 taking 37 wickets, which led to him being called into the squad for the Test against Australia,[2] and touring England with New Zealand A. He was named the Northern Districts cricketer of the year in 2003/04. He continued to play for Northern Districts until the end of the 2009/10 season, after which he moved to Auckland. He finally made his Test debut for New Zealand in 2013, playing all three Tests in the home series against England.[3] He played two further Tests in tours to England and Bangladesh but was dropped after poor performances, and played his last matches for Auckland in the following 2013/14 season.[4]

References
  1. "Bruce Martin in Profile". Archived from the original on 14 May 2010.
  2. "Cricket: Test tyro gets the Cairns welcome". 30 June 2000. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. "Martin makes his wait worth it". ESPNcricinfo. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. "Test cricket to the wilderness for Bruce Martin". Stuff. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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