| Martin Snedden | |
| Fullname: | Martin Colin Snedden |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Family: | Warwick Snedden (father) Michael Snedden (son) Nessie Snedden (grandfather) Colin Snedden (uncle) Alice Snedden (niece) Cyril Snedden (great-uncle) Owen Snedden (great-uncle) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 1980–1990 |
| Testdebutdate: | 21 February |
| Testdebutyear: | 1981 |
| Testdebutagainst: | India |
| Testcap: | 149 |
| Lasttestdate: | 5 July |
| Lasttestyear: | 1990 |
| Lasttestagainst: | England |
| Odidebutdate: | 23 November |
| Odidebutyear: | 1980 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Australia |
| Odicap: | 37 |
| Lastodidate: | 1 May |
| Lastodiyear: | 1990 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Pakistan |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 25 |
| Runs1: | 327 |
| Bat Avg1: | 14.86 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 33 |
| Deliveries1: | 4,775 |
| Wickets1: | 58 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 37.91 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/68 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/– |
| Column2: | ODI |
| Matches2: | 93 |
| Runs2: | 535 |
| Bat Avg2: | 15.28 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 64 |
| Deliveries2: | 4,525 |
| Wickets2: | 114 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 28.39 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/34 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 19/– |
| Column3: | FC |
| Matches3: | 118 |
| Runs3: | 1,792 |
| Bat Avg3: | 18.86 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/6 |
| Top Score3: | 69 |
| Deliveries3: | 9,918 |
| Wickets3: | 387 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 25.62 |
| Fivefor3: | 15 |
| Tenfor3: | 2 |
| Best Bowling3: | 8/73 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 55/– |
| Column4: | LA |
| Matches4: | 151 |
| Runs4: | 1,101 |
| Bat Avg4: | 17.20 |
| 100S/50S4: | 0/3 |
| Top Score4: | 79 |
| Deliveries4: | 4,794 |
| Wickets4: | 209 |
| Bowl Avg4: | 22.93 |
| Fivefor4: | 1 |
| Tenfor4: | 0 |
| Best Bowling4: | 5/19 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 35/– |
| Date: | 4 February |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38398.html Cricinfo |
Martin Colin Snedden (born 23 November 1958) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 25 cricket tests, and 93 One Day Internationals, between 1980 and 1990. He was a member of New Zealand's seam bowling attack, alongside Richard Hadlee and Ewen Chatfield, throughout its golden age in the 1980s.
Snedden was born in 1958 in Auckland.[1] His uncle, Colin Snedden, played one Test for New Zealand; his father, Warwick Snedden, and grandfather, Nessie Snedden, both also played first-class cricket. His brother, Patrick Snedden, is a company director and philanthropist.[2]
Snedden was educated at Rosmini College in Auckland, and played in the New Zealand secondary schools cricket team alongside Jeff Crowe and the Bracewell brothers, John and Brendon.[3] He studied law at the University of Otago, where he met his wife, Annie, also a law student, and they married in about 1983.[3] [4] The couple went on to have four children, including Michael, who made his first-class cricket debut for Wellington in October 2019, and became the first fourth-generation cricketer to play first-class cricket in New Zealand.[4] [5]
Snedden's best Test figures were 5 for 68 in New Zealand's victory over West Indies in Christchurch in 1986–87.[6] He was the first bowler to concede 100 runs in a One Day International with figures of 12–1–105–2 from a 60-over match;[7] it remained the record for most runs conceded until surpassed by Mick Lewis in March 2006. Snedden was usually a lower-order batsman though he once scored 64 opening the innings in a One Day International. He also represented Auckland in New Zealand provincial cricket.
During 1980–81 Australia Tri-Nation Series, Snedden was believed to have made a fair catch by the TV replay footage at the boundary ropes. However, the on-field umpires ruled that Greg Chappell was not out and he went on to score 90 runs.[8]
Snedden, a lawyer by profession, was for some years the chief executive officer of New Zealand Cricket. He left NZC to head the 2011 Rugby World Cup Organising Team. Snedden was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2012 New Year Honours, for services to sporting administration.[9]