Wayne Martin (cricketer, born 1955)

Wayne Stuart Martin (born 23 December 1955) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played one first-class and two List A matches between the 1976–77 and 1978–79 seasons.Wayne Martin, CricInfo. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

Martin was born at Mosgiel in Otago in 1955.McCarron, Tony (2010). New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 90. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) Described as a "brisk medium pace" bowler,Canterbury B reeling, The Press, 8 January 1980, p. 22. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 November 2023.) he played club cricket for TaieriBlair for k.o. cricket, The Press, 2 March 1977, p. 23. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 November 2023.) and age-group and B team cricket for the Otago cricket team from the 1975–76 season.Wayne Martin, CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2023. He made his senior cricket debut playing for the New Zealand under-23 national side against Auckland in a December 1976 first-class match. Opening the bowling, he took four wickets in Auckland's first innings and made scores of 30 and three runs in the only first-class match of his career, an injury meaning that he was unable to bowl or field in Auckland's second innings.Howarth stars for Auckland, The Press, 7 December 1976, p. 48. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 November 2023.)

Later in the season Martin made his representative debut for Otago, scoring 15 not out and taking one wicket in a List A match against Canterbury at Carisbrook in March 1977. His only other senior appearance for the side saw him take two wickets and score seven runs in another one-day match against the same side in November 1978.

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