This cricketer runs a grocery shop, scored 136 runs in a career of 13 years, got out on 0 38 times

Former New Zealand bowler Chris Martin is celebrating his 50th birthday today. He was born on 10 December 1974 in Christchurch, Canterbury. Chris Martin has been one of the most successful bowlers in the history of New Zealand cricket. He is known for his ability to bowl on line and length, which troubled big batsmen. But fans also know Chris Martin for his batting, in which his record was quite poor. Chris Martin took more wickets than he scored in his international career, which hardly any other player has done.
Chris Martin has more wickets than runs
Chris Martin's international career started in 2002 and he played his last match for New Zealand in 2013. During this period, Chris Martin played 71 Tests, 20 ODIs and 6 T20 matches for New Zealand. Martin's Test career was quite successful, he took a total of 233 wickets at an average of 33.81. At the same time, in ODIs, he took 18 wickets at an economy of 5.08 and an average of 44.66. Apart from this, he has 7 wickets to his name in T20.
On the other hand, if we talk about his batting record, it is very bad as compared to other players. He scored only 136 runs in his 13-year career. He scored only 123 runs in 104 innings of Tests at an average of 2.36, in which 12 not out was his best score. Apart from this, he scored only 8 runs in ODIs and 5 runs in T20s. Apart from this, he was also out without opening the account 38 times in his career. Out of these, 36 times he was out on 0 in Tests and 2 times this incident happened in ODIs. Let us tell you, in Tests, he was out on zero on 7 occasions and in both the innings.
It is very rare that a cricketer changes his profession after retiring from the game and does something that has nothing to do with the game. Chris Martin is one of those few players who is now far away from cricket, as he now runs a supermarket in Eastbourne, New Zealand. It is known as The Four Square, which is a community grocery store franchise of New Zealand retail chain Foodstuffs. Martin started his work with a mini store, but in early 2019 he opened a bigger store.