{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{about||the Australian cricket umpire|Bruce Martin (umpire)|the British architect|Bruce Martin (architect)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Bruce Martin | image = | country = New Zealand | fullname = Bruce Philip Martin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|04|25}} | birth_place = Whangārei, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | nickname = Bucko | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role = Bowler | international = true | internationalspan = 2013 | testdebutdate = 6 March | testdebutyear = 2013 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 259 | lasttestdate = 9 October | lasttestyear = 2013 | lasttestagainst = Bangladesh
| club1 = Northern Districts | year1 = {{nowrap|1999/00–2009/10}} | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Auckland | year2 = 2010/11–2013/14 | clubnumber2 =
| columns = 4 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 74 | bat avg1 = 14.80 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 41 | deliveries1 = 1,518 | wickets1 = 12 | bowl avg1 = 53.83 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 5/133 | catches/stumpings1 = 0/0 | column2 = FC | matches2 = 131 | runs2 = 2,626 | bat avg2 = 19.16 | 100s/50s2 = 2/8 | top score2 = 114 | deliveries2 = 27,967 | wickets2 = 355 | bowl avg2 = 37.57 | fivefor2 = 18 | tenfor2 = 2 | best bowling2 = 7/33 | catches/stumpings2 = 46/0 | column3 = LA | matches3 = 82 | runs3 = 490 | bat avg3 = 12.56 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 37 | deliveries3 = 3,806 | wickets3 = 83 | bowl avg3 = 32.30 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/28 | catches/stumpings3 = 24/0 | column4 = T20 | matches4 = 37 | runs4 = 105 | bat avg4 = 10.50 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 19 | deliveries4 = 780 | wickets4 = 39 | bowl avg4 = 26.02 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 3/15 | catches/stumpings4 = 7/0
| date = 12 May | year = 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37745.html Cricinfo }} '''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.
==Early life and career== He was born in Whangārei and attended school in Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://procricket.co.nz/acatalog/Bruce_Martin_in_Profile.html|title=Bruce Martin in Profile|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514093229/http://procricket.co.nz/acatalog/Bruce_Martin_in_Profile.html|archive-date=14 May 2010}}</ref>
Martin played three Test matches and nine One Day Internationals for the New Zealand's under-19 team, was selected for the New Zealand A team 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,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/|title=Cricket: Test tyro gets the Cairns welcome|date=2000-06-30|access-date=2020-01-02|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22021852/bruce-martin-makes-wait-worth-it|title=Martin makes his wait worth it|date=2013-03-15|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/10439639/Test-cricket-to-the-wilderness-for-Bruce-Martin|title=Test cricket to the wilderness for Bruce Martin|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{NZCPA|Bruce_P_Martin}} *{{cricinfo|id=37745}}
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