Full Name

Bruce Philip Martin

Born

April 25, 1980, Whangarei, Northland

Age

43y 338d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowler

A left-arm spinner, Bruce Martin is something of a veteran on the New Zealand domestic circuit, with over a decade's experience in first-class cricket. He first appeared on the scene in the 1997-98 season, when he was picked to play the Under-19 World Cup for New Zealand in South Africa.

During the following season, he played a series against the visiting England U-19s, which included youth Tests and one-dayers. He then debuted for Nothern Districts in first-class cricket in the 1999-2000 season, and remained with the side till 2009-10, when he transferred to Auckland. Ironically, he came up against his old team in his first match for Auckland, and went on to destroy them, claiming 7 for 97 in the first innings - despite Martin's commendable effort, though, Auckland succumbed to Northern Districts in the game.

After 13 years of first-class toil, Martin finally moved to the next level when he was named in New Zealand's XI for the first Test series of their home series against England in 2012-13.

Martin can offer some stiff resistance down the order when required, and has a couple of first-class centuries to his credit.
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Bruce Martin Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests591518646124/435/13353.832.55126.5200
FC131-27967133403557/33-37.572.8678.7-182
List A82-38062681834/284/2832.304.2245.8100
T20s37367801015393/153/1526.027.8020.0000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests561744114.8014152.480014000
FC13117841262611419.16--28--460
List A8251124903712.56--00--240
T20s371881051910.5095110.52009370
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Test

Recent Matches of Bruce Martin

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
NZ Legends vs SA Legends61/2212-Sep-2022KanpurOTHERT20
Auckland vs Wellington2*0/3326-Mar-2014WellingtonList A
Auckland vs Otago90/623-Mar-2014AucklandList A
Auckland vs Northern Dis--2/4602-Mar-2014AucklandList A
Auckland vs Wellington50 & 7*1/92 & 3/12023-Feb-2014AucklandFC

Photos of Bruce Martin

Bruce Martin misses the ball as he goes for a hook
Bruce Martin is comprehensively cleaned up, stump mic n'all
James Anderson cleaned up Bruce Martin
Bruce Martin celebrates his wicket with Brendon McCullum
Bruce Martin took 3 for 13 on day two
Bruce Martin bowled impressively on the second morning