# Martyn Croy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martyn_Croy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Martyn_Croy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Croy > Source revision: 1338677602 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Martyn Gilbert Croy** (born 23 January 1974) is a New Zealand former [cricketer](/source/Cricket) who played for [Otago](/source/Otago_cricket_team) between the 1994–95 season and 2001–02.[1] A [wicket-keeper](/source/Wicket-keeper), Croy toured England with the [New Zealand national cricket team](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team) in 1999 and played for representative teams. Since retiring he has worked in sport administration. ## Cricket career Croy was born at [Hamilton](/source/Hamilton,_New_Zealand) in 1974. He played age-group cricket for [Northern Districts](/source/Northern_Districts_men's_cricket_team) during the 1993–94 season and toured Pakistan with the [national under-19 team](/source/New_Zealand_national_under-19_cricket_team) in early 1994, playing in all three under-19 [Test matches](/source/Test_cricket) and two of the three under-19 [One Day Internationals](/source/One_Day_International) on the tour. He moved to Otago the following season in search of a place in a representative team[2] and made his debut playing for the team in a [List A match](/source/List_A_cricket) against [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury_cricket_team) at [Centennial Park](/source/Centennial_Park,_Oamaru) in [Oamaru](/source/Oamaru) as the team's [wicket-keeper](/source/Wicket-keeper). He scored 21 [not out](/source/Not_out) and held two catches on debut before going on to keep wicket in all but one of Otago's matches during the season. He made his first-class debut in December against [Central Districts](/source/Central_Districts_cricket_team)―scoring 61 runs and holding six catches as Otago won by an innings[2]―and played against the [touring West Indian team](/source/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_1994%E2%80%9395) later in the season as well as appearing twice in first-class matches for the New Zealand Academy team against touring teams from [South Africa](/source/South_African_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_1994%E2%80%9395) and [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lankan_cricket_team_in_New_Zealand_in_1994%E2%80%9395).[1] After establishing himself in the Otago team, Croy was part of the New Zealand Academy team which toured South Africa in 1997.[3] He was the deputy wicket-keeper to [Adam Parore](/source/Adam_Parore) during the [1999 tour of England](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team_in_England_in_1999), picked for the quality of his wicket-keeping rather than for his weaker batting.[2][3] He played in four first-class and three List A matches for [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team) during the tour, but did not break in to the full international team. He toured England again in 2000, this time with the [New Zealand A team](/source/New_Zealand_A_cricket_team), playing in five first-class matches―including against the [West Indian team](/source/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_England_in_2000) which was touring England at the time—and three List A fixtures, as well as playing for the New Zealanders against [The Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_national_cricket_team) in one of the team's warm-up matches in [Amsterdam](/source/VRA_Ground).[1] Croy retired at the end of the 2001–02 season. He played in a total of 65 first-class matches―42 of them for Otago―and 75 List A matches. He scored 1,664 first-class and 1,135 List A runs.[1][2] He took seven catches in an innings, at the time one of only four New Zealanders to have done so in first-class cricket in the country. The record was broken in 2010 when [Derek de Boorder](/source/Derek_de_Boorder) took eight catches in an innings for Otago, equally the world record for the number of catches in an innings by a wicket-keeper.[4][5] When he retired Croy was third in wicket-keeping dismissals for Otago.[6] ## Post-retirement After working at the Otago Academy of Sport, Croy moved to work at [High Performance Sport New Zealand](/source/High_Performance_Sport_New_Zealand), initially in [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin) before moving to [Christchurch](/source/Christchurch) in 2010.[2][7] Working primarily with high performance support staff and administrators, including for Snow Sport NZ, Croy became an independent consultant in the industry in 2016, working with, amongst others, [Paralympics New Zealand](/source/Paralympics_New_Zealand). He has coached wicket-keeping, both at age-group and senior level. He is married with three children.[2][8] ## References 1. [Martyn Croy](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7381/7381.html), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2010-03-09. (subscription required) 1. Seconi A (2018) [Whatever happened to ... Martyn Croy](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/whatever-happened-martyn-croy), *[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times)*, 31 August 2018. Retrieved 2023-06-17. 1. [Martyn Croy](https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/martyn-croy-36624), [CricInfo](/source/CricInfo). Retrieved 2023-06-17. 1. Seconi A (2010) [Cricket: De Boorder on top of the world](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/cricket-de-boorder-top-world), *[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times)*, 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2023-06-17. 1. Seconi A (2011) [Greatest moments in Otago sport – Number 89](https://www.odt.co.nz/greatest-moments-otago-sport-number-89), *[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times)*, 2 August 2011. Retrieved 2023-06-17. 1. Seconi A (2010) [Cricket: For the glove of the game - Otago's top keepers](https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/cricket-glove-game-otagos-top-keepers), *[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times)*, 9 December 2010. Retrieved 2023-06-17. 1. McCarron A (2010) *New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010*, p. 39. Cardiff: [The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians](/source/The_Association_of_Cricket_Statisticians_and_Historians). ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 1. [Where are they now? Martyn Croy](https://www.nzcpa.co.nz/news/where-are-they-now-martyn-croy), New Zealand Cricket Players Association, 22 July 2016. Retrieved 2023-06-17. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Martyn Croy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Croy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Croy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.