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Full name Martin Colin Snedden
Born November 23, 1958, Mount Eden, Auckland
Current age 49 years 325 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Other Administrator
Relations Grandfather - ANC Snedden,Father - WN Snedden,Uncle - CA Snedden
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
25
30
8
327
33*
14.86
1168
27.99
0
0
35
0
7
0
ODIs
93
54
19
535
64
15.28
843
63.46
0
1
19
0
First-class
118
124
29
1792
69
18.86
0
6
55
0
List A
151
99
35
1101
79
17.20
0
3
35
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
25
41
4775
2199
58
5/68
5/77
37.91
2.76
82.3
3
1
0
ODIs
93
90
4525
3237
114
4/34
4/34
28.39
4.29
39.6
1
0
0
First-class
118
9918
387
8/73
25.62
15
2
List A
151
7444
4794
209
5/19
5/19
22.93
3.86
35.6
6
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 21-25, 1981 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jul 5-10, 1990 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Nov 23, 1980 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Pakistan at Sharjah, May 1, 1990 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1977/78 - 1989/90
List A span
1978/79 - 1990
Profile
Dark-haired and tough, Martin Snedden bowled accurate seam-up and was an effective late-order batsman. Although he took 11 wickets in two Tests against Australia in 1981-82, he never really cemented his place in the New Zealand Test side, just lacking the cutting edge needed. He was more valuable in the one-day game, where his variation of pace and well-disguised yorker were particularly effective. A keen rugby player, he is a qualified lawyer, and took over as New Zealand Cricket's chief executive in 2001 where he soon established himself as an effective an popular administrator, although he alienated a number of people with his seeming money-first stance when the government wanted the board to stay away from Zimbabwe. That attitude also resulted in New Zealand playing more one-day cricket at the expense of Tests. He announced that he was stepping down from May 2007 to take over at head of the company running the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Cricinfo staff December 2006
