Peter James Martin (born 15 November 1968) is a former Englishcricketer who played in 8Tests and 20ODIs forEngland from 1995 to 1998. Nicknamed "Digger", Martin was primarily a fast-mediumswing bowler. Incounty cricket, he played forLancashire throughout his career.

As a batsman, Martin was capable of contributing runs from the lower order, and was competent enough to record twofirst-class centuries for Lancashire. By a statistical anomaly Martin topped theList Abatting averages in 1996. He scored 78 runs in 12 innings, but wasnot out in 11 of these, so giving him a season's average of 78.00 despite a top score of just 35*. He continued to play for Lancashire until his retirement from cricket in 2004.

In 1995, he was called up to the England squad for their ODI series againstWest Indies, and he claimed figures of 4/44 on his debut.^[1] His success in that series earned him a place on the Test team to play the West Indies that year. He was named in the touring party for the England tour to South Africa later that year, and was also part of the England squad for the1996 Cricket World Cup.

After 1996, he did not play many more matches for England with his last appearance coming in the1998 ICC Knock Out tournament.

• Cricinfo page on Peter Martin

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