Peter James Martin (born 15 November 1968) is a former English

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er who played in 8

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and 20 ODIs for

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from 1995 to 1998. Nicknamed "Digger", Martin was primarily a fast-medium swing bowler. In

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, he played for

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throughout his career.

Domestic career

As a batsman, Martin was capable of contributing runs from the lower order, and was competent enough to record two first-class centuries for Lancashire. By a statistical anomaly Martin topped the

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s in 1996. He scored 78 runs in 12 innings, but was

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in 11 of these, so giving him a season's average of 78.00 despite a top score of just 35*. He continued to play for Lancashire until his retirement from cricket in 2004.

International career

In 1995, he was called up to the England squad for their ODI series against

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, and he claimed figures of 4/44 on his debut. His success in that series earned him a place on the Test team to play the West Indies that year. He was named in the touring party for the England tour to South Africa later that year, and was also part of the England squad for the

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. After 1996, he did not play many more matches for England with his last appearance coming in the 1998 ICC Knock Out tournament.

References

External links

Cricinfo page on Peter Martin
1968 births Living people Lancashire cricketers English cricketers England One Day International cricketers Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup England Test cricketers Sportspeople from Accrington Cricketers from Lancashire 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-stub