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Martyn was not going to be dropped: CA
Friday December 8, 3:48 PM
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland says Damien Martyn was going to be retained in the Australian squad for the third Ashes Test before his shock decision to retire.
Martyn, 35, has been under pressure to hold his middle order spot after scoring just 35 runs in his three innings in the series.
But Sutherland has told reporters the selectors had decided to retain him in the squad for the Perth Test.
Sutherland said he spoke extensively with Martyn, who cited a lack of motivation for his decision to quit first class cricket immediately and said it had been coming on for some time.
Martyn's mood seemed to be one of relief that he had made his decision, Sutherland said.
Martyn told Sutherland of his decision to quit first class cricket on Friday and, in a CA statement, said he no longer felt sufficiently committed to the game.
"I feel therefore, it's time for me to move aside," Martyn said.
Martyn played 67 Tests for Australia from 1992, scoring 4,406 runs and 13 centuries and twice fought his way back into the team after being dropped by the selectors.
"I've enjoyed everything the game has given me," Martyn said in the statement.
"I have gained from it more than I could ever have imagined.
"I have made in the playing of cricket, life-long friends."
Martyn thanked his Australian team-mates and captain Ricky Ponting for their support.
However he conceded his surprise decision to retire might put some of his colleagues off side.
"I said to myself when I made this decision in the last 48 hours that I may lose friends in doing what I'm doing," he said.
"But I also said to myself that if I stayed doing what I was doing I may equally lose respect for myself and the friendship of those around me who are entitled to expect from me more than 100 per cent.
"I wish everyone associated with Cricket Australia the very best."
Ponting said he and the other team members would miss Martyn's presence.
"Martyn is one of the world's most unsung players in both forms of the game and I don't think it is really understood how good a player he actually is," Ponting said.
Martyn made his Test debut in 1992 against the West Indies at the Gabba but lost his place the following season when he was widely condemned for playing a costly shot in Australia's narrow loss to South Africa at the SCG.
He spent six years out of the Test team but regained his place during Australia's tour of New Zealand.
He cemented his position in the team during the 2001 Ashes series, when he scored his maiden Test century at Edgbaston.
Martyn went on to establish himself as a permanent member of the side batting at No.4, which included an outstanding 2004 when he scored six centuries in a calendar year.
However he lost his place again, after the 2005 Ashes series loss in England.
He returned to the team during this year's tour of South Africa, where he scored a match-winning 101 in the first Test at Johannesburg.
However his five innings' since that century yielded 56 runs.
Martyn averaged 46.38 in his 67 Tests with a highest score of 165.
He also played 208 one-day internationals for Australia, including five centuries, and starred in his side's win over India in the 2003 World Cup final, when he scored an unbeaten 88 in a huge partnership with Ponting.
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"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
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Australia Batsman Damien Martyn Has Announced His Dramatic Retirement From
cricket - just three days after his side's stunning second Ashes Test victory in Adelaide. The Western Australia player was under pressure for his place after compiling only 45 runs in three innings during the Ashes series.
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
wow - didn't see that one coming !
Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno.
He had a few too many coldies at Lilac Hill
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Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
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in the middle of an Ashes campaign..... he must be drunk ?
Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno.
I am in mourning, this is the most upset I have been about a player retiring since Mark Waugh about 4 years ago.
Totally out of left field, as CA have said that he was going to be picked in the squad for the Perth test.
Adore this life
There is no guarantee
Could end by tomorrow
Too much boozing and abusing his ex in the Subi hotel me thinks!
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Incompetent isn't the right word... But its the first one that comes to mind.
-- Chuck Palahniuk.
Even if he was going to be 'in the squad' for the WACA test he might not have played and then a future retirement decision might have been 'forced' on him. By announcing it this way he makes the selectors' decisions easier and he's done it on his own terms. Also, with other potential retirees at the end of this Ashes campaign (eg Gilchrist, McGrath, Langer and even Warne?) he is not lost in their announcements.
Any comments on Vosges' selection? Is that because he's in WA & they didn't want to fly Jacques over from the Eastern States?! Jacques has to be wondering what he has to do to get selected!!!
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Roy would be my number one pick ... good middle order batsman and also gives another bowling choice too!!
Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoly card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of spades and a green #4 card from the game Uno.
Originally Posted by Rodent
jumped before he was pushed
suprised he isn't going to play shield cricket,maybe his ego was too big for that
the real reason was he didnt like daylight saving & wasnt prepared to bat in the heat
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You saying Dad's Army is too old for cricket. Are you sure your a Scot and not a PomOriginally Posted by JediKnight
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80 Minutes, 15 Positions, No Protection, Wanna Ruck?
Ruck Me, Maul Me, Make Me Scrum!
Education is Important, but Rugby is Importanter!
A professional decision made by a very professional player. You have to respect somebody that knows when to make the call. If he'd have hung on and been axed then people would have said that he should have retired earlier. Give him credit where it is due.
Just happy to be here
He was fighting for his test position but was a deadset certainty in the ODI squad. A real shame that he went out on that shot.