Damien Martyn

Damien Martyn is a former professional cricketer from Australia. He has played for Western Australia and Leicestershire. He retired from the sport in 2010.

Player Profile

Damien Richard Martyn was born on October 21, 1971. He stands 181 cm tall and he is right-handed with a right-arm medium bowling pace. He plays batsman.

When he was three years old, he and his family moved to Perth and he attended the Girrawheen Senior High School.

Career

Martyn turned pro in 1990, joining the Western Australia Men’s Cricket Team. In 1992, he made his Test cricket debut, in a match against the West Indies. At the same time, he also started playing for the Australian Men’s National Cricket Team.

Damien too had his share of lows in his career and was hugely criticized for Australia’s test defeat against South Africa in 1993-94.

Damien made a comeback in 2000 and was the perfect replacement for Mark Waugh after he retired and left a void in the Australian middle batting order. In 2004 when Australia won their series victory on Indian soil after 30 years, he was made the Man of the Series.

The same year he also almost became the second Australian batsman after Sir Don Bradman to make three centuries in three innings and got out for 97 runs in the second innings.

In 2006, he won two consecutive Man of the Match titles against England and India during the 2006 Champions Trophy Tournament.

His retirement came untimely as he struggled in the first two test matches of the Ashes Series. Later in 2008, he made an unexpected decision of playing in the unofficial Indian Cricket League.

In 2010, the Rajasthan Royals picked up Martyn to play for them in the Indian Premier League. He went on to play 67 Test matches and 208 ODI with his top ODI score as 144 not out.

Career Highlights

• 2001 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• 2004 - Man of the Series, Border

Gavaskar Trophy

• 2005 - Australian Test Player of the

Year

Career Statistics

• Matches - 67 (Test), 208 (ODI), 204

(204), 299 (LA)

• Runs Scored - 4,406 (Test), 5,346

(ODI), 14,6308 (FC),644 (LA)

• Batting Average - 46.37 (Test),

40.80 (ODI), 49.25 (FC), 42.79 (LA)