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Player Name: Martin Guptill

Nickname: Guppy

D.O.B.: 30/09/1986

Club/Team: NZ Blackcaps

Best career moment: 122* ODI debut / Beating Aussie for the 1st time in 26 years.

Player role: Opening bat / occasional off spinner

Kookaburra endorsement: Kahuna

Bio:
Auckland August 2006 – present
NZ Blackcaps 2009 – present
Derbyshire 2001 - present

Fave sporting legend? Doug Bracewell

Lesure time? Catching up with mates

Fave movie? Wedding Crashers

Best part about being a sportsman? Seeing different parts of the world.

Advice for newbies? Go out there and make it fun!

Motivation? Playing for my country

If you weren’t a cricketer what would you be doing? Driving trucks

How did you first get involved in cricket? Followed in my brothers and dads path at age 5.

Twitter profile? @martinguptill

Which player would you tip as someone to watch for? Doug Bracewell

What are your top playing tips? Smash the ‘V’