Full name Martin Colin Snedden
Born November 23, 1958, Mount Eden, Auckland
Current age 59 years 356 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Other Administrator
Relation Grandfather - ANC Snedden, Father - WN Snedden, Uncle - CA Snedden, Son - MW Snedden
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests 
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25 | 30 | 8 | 327 | 33* | 14.86 | 1167 | 28.02 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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ODIs
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93 | 54 | 19 | 535 | 64 | 15.28 | 843 | 63.46 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| First-class | 118 | 124 | 29 | 1792 | 69 | 18.86 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 151 | 99 | 35 | 1101 | 79 | 17.20 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tests
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25 | 41 | 4775 | 2199 | 58 | 5/68 | 5/77 | 37.91 | 2.76 | 82.3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
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ODIs
|
93 | 90 | 4525 | 3237 | 114 | 4/34 | 4/34 | 28.39 | 4.29 | 39.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 118 | 9918 | 387 | 8/73 | 25.62 | 15 | 2 | ||||||
| List A | 151 | 7444 | 4794 | 209 | 5/19 | 5/19 | 22.93 | 3.86 | 35.6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Test debut | New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 21-25, 1981 scorecard |
| Last Test | England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jul 5-10, 1990 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Nov 23, 1980 scorecard |
| Last ODI | New Zealand v Pakistan at Sharjah, May 1, 1990 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class span | 1977/78 - 1989/90 |
| List A span | 1978/79 - 1990 |
Dark-haired and tough, Martin Snedden bowled accurate seam-up and was an effective late-order batsman. Although he took 11 wickets in two Tests against Australia in 1981-82, he never really cemented his place in the New Zealand Test side, just lacking the cutting edge needed. He was more valuable in the one-day game, where his variation of pace and well-disguised yorker were particularly effective. A keen rugby player, he is a qualified lawyer, and took over as New Zealand Cricket's chief executive in 2001 where he soon established himself as an effective an popular administrator, although he alienated a number of people with his seeming money-first stance when the government wanted the board to stay away from Zimbabwe. That attitude also resulted in New Zealand playing more one-day cricket at the expense of Tests. He announced that he was stepping down from May 2007 to take over at head of the company running the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Cricinfo staff December 2006
- Houghton takes on New Zealand (Nov 16, 2014)
- Barclay replaces Snedden as NZC man on ICC board (Sep 26, 2014)
- NZC backs Srinivasan's chairmanship (Jun 26, 2014)
- NZC not worried over power takeover - Snedden (Jan 20, 2014)
- An agenda for New Zealand Cricket (Sep 23, 2013)
Dec 19, 2006
Martin Snedden, New Zealand Cricket chief executive, addresses the media
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Jan 23, 2006
Chris Cairns and Martin Snedden field questions from the press
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Jul 1, 2005
Martin Snedden, New Zealand Cricket's chief executive, addresses the media
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