He's vying with a lot of other Kiwis in accumulating noughts these days! New Zealand cricket frankly is in a parlous state (worst its been in three decades) and I despair of it ever coming right again. I just think there's no passion in NZ for the game anymore nor heart for a fight when the going gets tough.

yes if you consider a batsman is out for a duck it is not a big crime it depends what the situation and who the bowler is. every batsman out for ducks. after all the game is cricket.

Don't forget that rare group of truly shocking batsmen who have taken more Test wickets than scored runs. Chris Martin has 52 Test runs in total, but has taken 110 wickets, roughly twice the number of wickets. He will never make more runs than his total wickets tally. Only Bruce Reid and BS Chandrasekhar have achieved this feat. Stats to confirm, please?

Arguably Chris Martin's most famous batting record - which is not mentioned in this article - is the nine consecutive innings without scoring a run. This sequence spanned eleven Test matches, Martin taking 41 wickets between scoring his 12th and 13th career runs.

Incidentally, Martin has hit one boundary in front of square in his Test career.

Is Chris Martin's dreadful 2.08 also the worst career batting average of all time?

Apparently there's a reason his batting is so poor. I read an article in the paper about him, discovering that he has only had a driver's licence for two years. Before that, in his pre-Black-Caps days he biked to cricket training, meaning he couldn't carry a bat. So that's why he is no good at batting. I hope he gets the record - he deserves it.

I have tried to 'Ask Steven' this question, but does Chris Martin hold some type of record for the greatest differential between Test wickets and runs? From the last test versus South Africa, he now has 110 wickets and 52 runs for a -58 differential. He is a bit better in all first-class cricket with 355 wickets and 319 runs for a -36 differential. Thankfully he is a Test class bowler.

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar has the record differential of wickets - runs: 242 wickets, 167 runs, differential of 75. Chris Martin is second, though he looks set to eventually get to number one, having played 24 less Tests.

Mfuneko Ngam and Charles Mariott each have the record of 11 Test wickets without scoring a run. Mariott took all of his in his only Test!

An honourable mention goes to the former left-arm quick from South Africa, Brett Schultz - 9 Tests, 9 runs, 37 wickets.

Chris Martin's highest Test score is seven. He's the only player with 50 Test wickets who has failed to reach double figures.

Great new feature this. Keep em coming.
A note on NZ's fortunes of late. They are in a transitional phase and probably will be for a good year or two. It might appear they dont have the bottle to compete at the moment, but I think its more about ability on quicker surfaces and lack of experience more than lack of fight. Besides this, with Vettori's fighting qualities and 'never back down' approach together with the ex-skipper's courage and captaincy support...you dont have a bette combination to help the others through.
Lets hope for NZ's sake, Bond, Shane Bond can shake off his injury propensity and give them a fighing chance.
In the mean time, come on you Proteas! (Did that sound slightly Aussie?)

it's actually a bit harsh on Chris Martin to only look at completed innings. He has a lot of not out innings where he has got off the mark, so these should presumably count in his favour...

Chris Martin would have been an ideal Super-Sub in ODIs—bowl your ten overs and pack off please!. Wonder why, ICC dropped the rule; it was worth persisting with some more time—it was definitely more interesting than permutations and combinations with field restrictions. Any taker for taking Chris Martin in a double-wicket or super-sixes team? No wonder, he his bat doesn’t display a manufacturer or sponsor’s sticker!