damien martyn Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
damien martyn is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Damien Richard Martyn
Born
October 21, 1971, Darwin, Northern Territory
Age
52 years old
Nicknames
Marto
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Height
1.81 m
Other
Commentator
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 208 | 4 | 1 |
Inn | 109 | 182 | 4 | 1 |
Runs | 4406 | 5346 | 120 | 19 |
Avg | 46.38 | 40.81 | 30.0 | 19.0 |
SR | 51.42 | 77.74 | 162.16 | 79.17 |
HS | 165 | 144 | 96 | 19 |
NO | 14 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
100s | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 23 | 37 | 1 | 0 |
4s | 513 | 441 | 11 | 1 |
6s | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 67 | 208 | 4 | 1 |
Inn | 12 | 31 | - | - |
Balls | 348 | 794 | - | - |
Runs | 168 | 704 | - | - |
Wkt | 2 | 12 | - | - |
BBI | 0 / 1 | 21 / 2 | - | - |
BBM | 4 / 1 | 21 / 2 | - | - |
Eco | 2.9 | 5.32 | - | - |
Avg | 84.0 | 58.67 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Ahmedabad Rockets
- ICL World XI
- Leicestershire
- Rajasthan Royals
- Western Australia
- Yorkshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
The effective exile of sorts helped Martyn to rework himself. Shed away were those rash strokes and irresponsible tactics as a batsman. He strove hard in the domestic circuit and perhaps, leadership role there at a young age also helped to mellow down considerably. Since his comeback, Martyn didn't put a foot wrong as he established himself as a vital cog of the Australian batting line-up in both formats of the game. What stood out was his effortless ease to adapt to conditions - be it the swing of England, pace and bounce of South Africa or the turning pitches of the sub-continent. If anything, he relished these challenges and was crucial to Australia's away success. For non-Asian batsmen, Asian conditions are the ultimate test and it's fair to say that Martyn aced it comfortably.
Martyn's batting was copybook in almost all ways and was a visual spectacle when in full flow. 2004 was his most productive year, like it was for Justin Langer as well, as the unsung duo shone brightly to take Australia to bigger heights. Martyn tallied over 1300 Test runs with an average in mid-50s, providing the ideal foil to the aggressive Ricky Ponting and the lower middle order. With age catching up and Australia losing the Ashes for the first team after 16 years in 2005, heads were bound to roll as Martyn did have moderate numbers during that season. However, the think tank persisted with experience and hence, he continued before retiring the next year from all formats gracefully. A World Cup and Champions Trophy winner, Martyn's most significant contribution in the 50-over format came in matches held on tricky pitches.
Post-retirement, Martyn was among those who flocked to the rebel Indian Cricket League before getting a surprise IPL contract at the 2010 auctions with Rajasthan Royals. He only played a single game that season though and was consequently released from the contract as well. Thereafter, Martyn has spent a lot of time as TV commentator, albeit not as frequently as some of his former teammates. Subdued in character and relaxed in his approach to the game, Martyn was a dedicated foot soldier of Australian cricket. You wouldn't instantly recall him hogging the limelight over the years but there is no way that you can forget those signature strokes of his, especially the delicious cover drive and back foot punch apart from a ferocious reverse sweep. He did have some technical flaws, especially during the fag end of his career and wasn't a big hitter for white-ball cricket, but was still mighty efficient nevertheless.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
No contemporary cricketer, Tendulkar aside, made batting look so simple as Damien Martyn. But it was not always thus. For the brash 21-year-old who waltzed into the Australian team at Dean Jones's expense, batting was an exercise in extravagance. To defend was to display weakness - a policy that backfired in 1993-94 when Martyn's airy square-drive at a crucial moment in Sydney triggered a five-run defeat by South Africa and a six-year hitch to his own promising career. By the time Western Australia, wanting a pretty face to spearhead their marketing campaign, had made him captain at 23, Martyn looked a tormented man. All the more remarkable, then, that he blossomed into a relaxed, classical, feathery artist. He was an elastic fieldsman and an old-style batsman whose first movement was back. He played with a high elbow, a still head, a golfer's deft touch, and had all the shots, including perhaps the most brutal reverse-sweep in the game.
Mostly, though, Martyn stuck to the textbook and composed pristine hundreds which, like the feats of the best wicketkeepers, passed almost unnoticed: an observation supported by the curious fact that, despite a Test average in the fifties, he reached the age of 30 without winning a Man-of-the-Match award. He was the quiet man of the 2003 World Cup-raising side, too, playing a minor role until he spanked 88 not out in the final - with a broken finger that later kept him out of a West Indian tour. His magnificent 13-month streak of 1608 Test runs at 61 and two Man-of-the-Series prizes from March 2004 finally moved him from the dressing-room shadows to the more uncomfortable limelight. Showing his hard-earned versatility, he crafted seven centuries on surfaces ranging from raging turners in Sri Lanka and India to green seamers in New Zealand and the hard bounce of home.
The flood ended in England and following a series of 178 runs and a couple of horrid umpiring decisions he was the major casualty of the Ashes loss. Retaining a one-day spot, he expected his five-day days were over - "If that's my last Test match, well, I've had a great time" - but was reprieved when the selectors wanted experience for the South Africa tour. As the decision to ignore policy by looking back to a 34 year old became increasingly doubtful, Martyn repaid with a nerveless 101 that led to victory in the final Test. After being a key part in Australia's first Champions Trophy success, he struggled in the opening two Tests of the Ashes series and swiftly retired.
In February 2008 he swung another surprise of sorts by announcing he had joined the unofficial Indian Cricket League and when that became defunct, comeback-kid Martyn had another unexpected return, signing for Shane Warne's IPL side Rajasthan Royals for US$100,000 in January 2010.
Cricinfo staff January 2010