Hardworking with the ball and outrageously feeble with the bat, Chris Martin was the most consistent thing about the New Zealand pace attack in the first decade of the 2000s. A tall, angular fast-medium bowler with a high leap as he approaches the crease, Martin relies more on accuracy and gentle seam movement than pace or prodigious swing. He would have been an ideal second lead in the armoury of captains Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori but Shane Bond's frequent injuries meant Martin has often been thrust into the role of No. 1 fast man. The 11 wickets he took against South Africa in Auckland in March 2004, in his first Test for nearly two years, showed that he could bowl New Zealand to victories but tearing through batting line-ups was not his usual modus operandi and he has often