PlayersNew Zealand

CS Martin

Bowler, New Zealand, 53 Tests, 2004-2013. Debut v South Africa, 2004

27.6Adjusted bowling average, 44th of 137 bowlers: runs per wicket once the batters he bowled at, the grounds and the conditions are allowed for, so lower is better. Raw 32.5. It could reasonably be anywhere from 24.8 to 33.2.

Where his adjusted bowling average could be. The shaded part is the 89% range; the taller the curve, the likelier.

Where he sits

41B KumarIndia27.3 42Nauman AliPakistan27.5 43TG SoutheeNew Zealand27.5

44CS MartinNew Zealand27.6

45TT BresnanEngland27.6 46WPUJC VaasSri Lanka27.7 47Z KhanIndia27.9

Every bowler on one chart

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2004	23	581	25.26	3.52
2005	14	484	34.57	3.32
2006	19	635	33.42	3.25
2007	6	203	33.83	3.20
2008	34	1060	31.18	3.13
2009	30	1018	33.93	3.26
2010	14	731	52.21	3.53
2011	20	589	29.45	3.07
2012	20	578	28.90	3.33
2013	3	63	21.00	3.26
Career	183	5942	32.47	3.28

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Value

Adjusted avg

27.7

Volume

Wickets

183

5 wkts

Quality

Average

32.47

Strike rate

59.4

Economy

3.28

Conditions

Away average

36.85

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

2.3

Value / inns

-2.2

Volume

Runs

Average

2.3

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

19.3

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

1.26

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Australia	19	16	1.14
Pakistan	9	13	3.25
India	9	12	3.00
Bangladesh	2	12	—
South Africa	15	11	1.22
England	10	10	2.00
Sri Lanka	7	10	—
Zimbabwe	3	4	4.00

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
South Africa	44	26.91	6/76	4
India	24	35.04	5/63	1
Australia	21	56.90	5/152	1
Pakistan	20	29.70	4/52	0
Sri Lanka	19	28.63	6/54	1
Zimbabwe	17	18.59	6/26	1
Bangladesh	17	22.59	5/65	1
England	15	41.27	3/33	0

Home & away

Home

3.94bat avg

29.88bowl avg

Away

1.26bat avg

36.85bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	23	21	1.62
2nd	26	41	5.13
3rd	21	13	0.93
4th	9	17	3.40

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v South Africa0 & 03/63Newlands, Cape Town2013-01-02 v India0 & 01/76Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal2012-08-23 v West Indies4 & 03/146Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua2012-07-25 v South Africa22/139Basin Reserve, Wellington2012-03-23 v South Africa0 & 02/56Seddon Park, Hamilton2012-03-15 v South Africa54/130University Oval, Dunedin2012-03-07 v Zimbabwe—8/31McLean Park, Napier2012-01-26 v Australia0 & 24/90Bellerive Oval, Hobart2011-12-09 v Australia1 & 04/89Brisbane Cricket Ground2011-12-01 v Zimbabwe03/159Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo2011-11-01

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 79
Not outs: 39
Runs: 92
Average: 2.30
Strike rate: 19.3
Highest: 12*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 27

Wickets: 183
Average: 32.47
Economy: 3.28
Strike rate: 59.4
Best: 6/26
5 wickets: 9
10 wkt match: 1
Balls: 10877