Damien Martyn
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Oct 13, 2026
Mark DuffieldHOST
We've seen Justin Langer do it.
Mark DuffieldHOST
We saw Damien Martyn do it.
Mark DuffieldHOST
Um, we've seen, you know, others do it to a lesser degree like Greg Blewett, um, those sort of guys.
Mark DuffieldHOST
This is, uh, uh, something that has been done often, and it has worked for Australian cricket.
Mark DuffieldHOST
We've seen Justin Langer do it.
Mark DuffieldHOST
We saw Damian Martin do it.
Mark DuffieldHOST
We've seen others do it to a lesser degree, like Greg Blewett, those sort of guys.
Mark DuffieldHOST
This is something that has been done often, and it has worked for... for Australian cricket.
Jarrod KimberHOST
This is the other thing about that.
Jarrod KimberHOST
You can, you know, it's the Damien Martin paradox, right? Of maybe Damien Martin ended up being a better test cricketer because of the terrible things that happened to him early on.
Jarrod KimberHOST
Like, I don't know.
Jarrod KimberHOST
I don't, I don't know how to answer that, but I, yeah, I didn't think it was a particularly good idea at the time.
Mark TaylorGUEST
At this stage of his career, he should be looking to, to make his way down the order to bat at five or six with the, the young guns coming through.
Mark TaylorGUEST
If I go back to, to my year in the late '90s, um, Allan Border was our captain, um, and A- AB was a terrific player, but ended up batting at six at the back end of his career because Steve Waugh came in, Mark Waugh came in, Damien Martyn came in.
Mark TaylorGUEST
You know, all, all these guys pushed AB down the order.
James BrayshawHOST
Mm.
Ian HealyHOST
And I asked him yesterday, has this ever been said about you, that you were outstanding at taking your opportunities? And he says, no.
Ian HealyHOST
He said, no, it's never been collated, right? So he got his first test because Damien Martin was ruled out with a scratched eyeball at fielding training the day before yesterday.
Ian HealyHOST
Had to fly from Perth to Adelaide, and I was his roomie.
Ian HealyHOST
Didn't get an ounce of sleep.
Robert CraddockGUEST
Like, it was just pure grit, and, and that's why he's got a grandstand named after him in, in Western Australia.
Ian HealyHOST
And I asked him yesterday, "Has this ever been said about you, that you were w- outstanding at taking your opportunities?" And he says, "No." He said, "No, it's never been collated," right? So he got his first test because Damien Martyn was, uh, ruled out with a scratched eyeball at fielding training-
Robert CraddockGUEST
Yeah
Ian HealyHOST
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Robert CraddockGUEST
Like, it was just pure grit, and m- and that's why he's got a grandstand named after him in, in Western Australia.
Ian HealyHOST
And I asked him yesterday, "Has this ever been said about you, that you were w- outstanding at taking your opportunities?" And he says, "No." He said, "No, it's never been collated," right? So he got his first test because Damien Martyn was, uh, ruled out with a scratched eyeball at fielding training-
Robert CraddockGUEST
Yeah
Ian HealyHOST
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Jase AlpenGUEST
I'm doing the hair and going to the wedding.
Jase AlpenGUEST
So did hers then I cut Damien Martin's hair.
Jase AlpenGUEST
The, one of the best cricket players from Australia.
Jase AlpenGUEST
Shout out to Damo.
Marty SheargoldHOST
And boy, won't they get some.
Marty SheargoldHOST
Damien Martin claims we'll never know the full story behind Sam Papagay and insists that those kind of tactics just didn't exist in his era.
Marty SheargoldHOST
um damian martin was a bloody good cricketer god he had a beautiful beautiful cut shot just memories of him up on his back foot and just yeah wonderful cricketer made a mistake in a world cup game i think from memory and spent some time out of the out of the team and um played 67 tests, scored 4,500 test runs.
Marty SheargoldHOST
I mean, he was a bloody good cricketer.
Marty SheargoldHOST
So from memory, you've got Smith walking past Warner and Bancroft who are plotting something and Smith gives it a bit of, I don't want to know what's going on.
Marty SheargoldHOST
It just irritates the absolute life out of me.
Marty SheargoldHOST
Back to Damien Martin.
Marty SheargoldHOST
Smith says he's still haunted by the episode, as he should be.
KevinHOST
Uh, anyone who remembers the second Test in Sydney where Australia failed to defend, I think it was 115 on the final day.
KevinHOST
Uh, Damien Martyn, a cover drive, a ball straight to cover to get out caught, and, um, then didn't get picked in Test cricket for about six years.
KevinHOST
And he was the only one who got held responsible for that dreadful effort with the bat, uh, when Australia just got blown away by Fanie de Villiers, believe it or not.
KevinHOST
Not the fastest man on the planet, but he did keep bowling at the stumps, which, uh, does help.
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