He also signed for the English county cricket side, Warwickshire, for their 2008 domestic campaign and played one first-class match for Essex in 2010.
[5] He took his 500th wicket in first-class cricket, with the dismissal of Tanvir Ahmed on the third day of the first Test against Pakistan in January 2011.
[6] Martin's final year of professional cricket was 2013; playing his last Test Match in January, his last First Class game in February (ending on 599 wickets), and his last List A (and professional) game on March 31st, before announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket on July 3rd.
[7] Martin bowed out as the third highest Test wicket-taker in New Zealand's history with 233 scalps behind Richard Hadlee (431) and Daniel Vettori (362).
He currently sits 6th, having been overtaken by the contemporary trio of Tim Southee (391), Trent Boult (317) and Neil Wagner (260).