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Full name Peter James Martin
Born November 15, 1968, Accrington, Lancashire
Current age 39 years 297 days
Major teams England,Lancashire
Also known as Digger
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
8
13
0
115
29
8.84
303
37.95
0
0
10
2
6
0
ODIs
20
13
7
38
6
6.33
53
71.69
0
0
3
0
1
0
First-class
212
246
61
3594
133
19.42
2
7
56
0
List A
250
90
52
502
35*
13.21
0
0
45
0
Twenty20
4
3
2
18
10*
18.00
18
100.00
0
0
2
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
8
13
1452
580
17
4/60
4/60
34.11
2.39
85.4
1
0
0
ODIs
20
20
1048
806
27
4/44
4/44
29.85
4.61
38.8
1
0
0
First-class
212
36700
16677
606
8/32
27.51
2.72
60.5
17
1
List A
250
11539
7835
353
5/16
5/16
22.19
4.07
32.6
7
6
0
Twenty20
4
4
90
85
7
3/20
3/20
12.14
5.66
12.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v West Indies at Leeds, Jun 8-11, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 21-23, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v West Indies at The Oval, May 26, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
England v South Africa at Dhaka, Oct 25, 1998 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1989 - 2004
List A span
1990 - 2004
Twenty20 debut
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Lancashire v Derbyshire at Manchester, Jun 21, 2003 scorecard
Profile
Born in Accrington in 1968, Peter 'Digger' Martin made his first-class debut for Lancashire in 1989. After several years as an effective opening bowler in domestic cricket, he was called up to England's one-day squad to play West Indies in 1995-96, and immediately made a big impression, taking 4 for 44 on his debut at The Oval, including the wicket of Brian Lara, clean bowled. He made his Test debut the same summer, against West Indies. He toured South Africa later that year, taking 4 for 60 in the third Test at Durban. Martin played in all of England's games in the 1996 World Cup , but despite bowling well, he didn't pick up many wickets. He played his last one-dayer in England colours against South Africa in the ICC knock-out competition in 1998. Always a more effective one-day bowler, he played only eight Tests, his last against Australia in 1997. He remained an effective bowler in domestic cricket, with a first-class average of 27, until he retired in 2004 after a persistent knee injury forced his retirement. Painting and wines are his main relaxations.
Liam Brickhill October 2004
