Damien Martyn - Should he be dropped?

[Big Merv]

Great decision. It will be interesting to see the replacements.

[davo ramone]

congrats hodgey, you should have played the 4th and 5th tests!

[acker]

Originally Posted by Paoli69

Martyn's always been the "if you stuff up you're gone" member of the Australian team, or at least that is the media perception. A bit harsh but still, he was really bad during the Ashes.

I think a complete Ashes series is enough of a stuff up Paoli, and good on the selector's for putting Mathew "selfish" Hayden on notice that he may soon become an endangered species after that boring self centered excuse of a century that he played for himself rather than the team in the last test at the "Oval".

[TPL288]

Again we see Damien Martyn failing to make runs in the World XI v Australia. He gets out through a stupid rash shot.

Damien Martyn - what are you good for? can't bat, can't bowl...

For those who keep defending Damien Martyn's place in the Aust cricket team...pls explain why he can't seem to get a decent score even at home in Australia?

[dextrous]

Ahm. Isn't he the same man that averaged over sixty the year before the Ashes series? Oh yea, he is!

[TPL288]

Who cares if he averages 200 the year before? he is averaging under 20 now...no team needs to carry an ageing underperforming duck when there are good young players out there to blood.


So what you are suggesting is if the whole team had averaged over 60 in the last year but average 10 in the current year, they should not make changes picking the current team for this year and all future years mainly because what they did in the past and not present?

Gee I wonder if that happens in football...baseball, basketball etc...

[dextrous]

Um, it happens in baseball all the time, with the amount of games being played. Players can go a sesason without performing well, esp. the good ones like Martyn. One series doesn't suddenly make him an old man who doesn't perform. So fickle. Check 2nd odi scoreboard.

[ahsan32]

Come on Every one he is going through a lean patch and i think he still has a lot in him to do well at any level of cricket, he is an excellent timer of a cricket ball