# Martin Saggers > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martin_Saggers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martin_Saggers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Saggers > Source revision: 1338760573 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English cricketer and umpire Martin Saggers Personal information Full name Martin John Saggers Born (1972-05-23) 23 May 1972 (age 54) King's Lynn, Norfolk, England Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Batting Right-handed Bowling Right arm fast-medium Role Bowler International information National side England Test debut (cap 621) 29 October 2003 v Bangladesh Last Test 13 June 2004 v New Zealand Domestic team information Years Team 1996–1998 Durham 1998–2009 Kent (squad no. 33) 2007 Essex (loan) Umpiring information ODIs umpired 16 (2020–2025) T20Is umpired 26 (2020–2025) WTests umpired 1 (2019) WODIs umpired 10 (2011–2022) WT20Is umpired 7 (2012–2021) Career statistics Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 3 119 124 10 Runs scored 1 1,165 313 5 Batting average 0.33 11.20 9.20 5.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/0 Top score 1 64 34* 5 Balls bowled 493 20,676 5,622 186 Wickets 7 415 166 6 Bowling average 35.28 25.33 25.47 25.47 5 wickets in innings 0 18 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/29 7/79 5/22 2/14 Catches/stumpings 1/– 27/– 23/– 2/– Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2023 **Martin John Saggers** (born 23 May 1972) is an English county cricket umpire and a retired English [cricketer](/source/Cricketer).[1] He played international cricket for the [England cricket team](/source/England_cricket_team), including appearing in three [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) and spent the majority of his [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) career at [Kent County Cricket Club](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club). Saggers was born in [King's Lynn](/source/King's_Lynn) in [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk). Saggers had little success in his three seasons with [Durham](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club) between 1996 and 1998, but then joined Kent and from 2000 to 2003 took more than 50 [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) wickets each year, his best being 83 in 2002. He also played for [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) on loan in 2007. He played for his native [Norfolk](/source/Norfolk_County_Cricket_Club) in minor county matches in 1995–6. Saggers made his [Test match](/source/Test_cricket) debut in 2003/04, as a replacement for the injured [Andrew Flintoff](/source/Andrew_Flintoff) in [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), and also played in two of the three Tests against [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team) the following summer. At [Leeds](/source/Leeds) he took the wicket of [Mark Richardson](/source/Mark_Richardson_(cricketer)) with his first ball, but some wayward bowling and poor performances with the bat led to him being dropped for the games against the [West Indies](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team).[2] With the bat, he scored 1, 0 and 0 in three innings, finishing his Test career with a [batting average](/source/Batting_average_(cricket)) of 0.33.[3] Saggers suffered a knee injury in August 2009, and a month later announced his retirement from professional cricket. Graham Johnson, Kent's chairman of cricket, paid tribute to Saggers, saying "We owe Martin a great deal, especially during a period when he was our seam attack. Quite rightly, on the basis of this success, he received recognition at International level. Always enthusiastic and positive during his career, he will carry these qualities into his plans for what follows after cricket".[2] In 2012 Saggers became a full-time cricket umpire, standing in [County Championship](/source/County_Championship) matches in England.[4][5] In 2020, he was appointed to the ICC International Umpires' Panel. He was one of the on-field umpires for the [2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup](/source/2022_ICC_Under-19_Cricket_World_Cup) in the West Indies.[6] ## See also - [List of One Day International cricket umpires](/source/List_of_One_Day_International_cricket_umpires) - [List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires](/source/List_of_Twenty20_International_cricket_umpires) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Late bloomers: Joe Denly joins England's list of 30-plus debutants"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25885951/joe-denly-joins-england-list-30-plus-debutants). *ESPN Cricinfo*. Retrieved 30 January 2019. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-announcement_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-announcement_2-1) Cricinfo staff (15 September 2009), [*Martin Saggers announces retirement*](http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/425145.html), [Cricinfo](/source/Cricinfo), retrieved 15 September 2009 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Was Dawid Malan's hundred the fastest for England in T20Is?"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28061471/was-dawid-malan-hundred-fastest-england-t20is). *ESPN Cricinfo*. Retrieved 12 November 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-ci30nov11_4-0)** [Saggers promoted to full umpires list](http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/story/543086.html), [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo), 11 November 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-bbc29feb12_5-0)** [Martin Saggers – from Test cricketer to first-class umpire](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/17196198), BBC Sport, 29 February 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup"](https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2443408). *International Cricket Council*. 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