Damien Martyn
92Australia · BAT · 1992 to 2006 · on scorecards: DR Martyn
BATTING
- Matches
- 208
- Innings
- 182
- Runs
- 5346
- Average
- 40.8
- Strike rate
- 77.73
- High score
- 144*
- 100s / 50s
- 5 / 37
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 12
- Average
- 58.66
- Economy
- 5.31
- Strike rate
- 66.1
- Best figures
- 2/21
- 4w / 5w
- 0 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 69 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 15
CAREER IN BRIEF
Damien Martyn played 208 ODIs for Australia in CricArcade's archive, from 1992 to 2006. The first came against West Indies at Sydney Cricket Ground, with a score of 0, and the last against West Indies at Brabourne Stadium in 2006.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 4,616 runs at 44.4 in 169 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 144 not out from 149 balls against Zimbabwe at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground in 2001, in a match Australia won. In all: 5 hundreds, 37 fifties.
At home the average was 40.8 across 94 ODIs; away it was 45.2 across 71 ODIs. The most runs came against England: 913 runs at 65.2 in 25 ODIs. Sydney Cricket Ground was the most frequent ground, with 24 ODIs and 554 runs at 36.9. The scorecards record 10 player-of-the-match awards. Australia won 153 of the ODIs Damien Martyn played and lost 44.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 208 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144* | 149 | Zimbabwe | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 2001 | Won |
| 116* | 135 | New Zealand | Eden Park | 2000 | Lost |
| 104* | 121 | South Africa | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 2002 | Won |
| 101* | 114 | England | Bellerive Oval | 2003 | Won |
| 100 | 119 | India | Wankhede Stadium | 2003 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2/21 | 8 | Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 1999 | Won |
| 2/34 | 8 | New Zealand | Carisbrook | 2000 | Won |
| 1/19 | 5 | India | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 2000 | Won |
| 1/20 | 3 | New Zealand | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2002 | Lost |
| 1/25 | 4 | India | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 2001 | Lost |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 680 | 34.00 | 1/5 | 3 | 59.00 |
| New Zealand | 29 | 656 | 32.80 | 1/4 | 3 | 18.00 |
| South Africa | 29 | 787 | 32.79 | 1/4 | 0 | – |
| Pakistan | 28 | 453 | 28.31 | 0/3 | 1 | 121.00 |
| England | 25 | 913 | 65.21 | 1/8 | 1 | 115.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 22 | 541 | 30.06 | 0/3 | 1 | 73.00 |
| West Indies | 15 | 476 | 59.50 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
| Zimbabwe | 15 | 472 | 118.00 | 1/3 | 3 | 32.33 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 179 | 59.67 | 0/2 | 0 | – |
| ICC World XI | 3 | 87 | 29.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| Kenya | 3 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Namibia | 1 | 35 | 35.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Netherlands | 1 | 67 | – | 0/1 | 0 | – |
| United States | 1 | 0 | – | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 94 | 2,409 | 40.83 | 3/13 | 4 | 82.25 |
| Away | 71 | 1,987 | 45.16 | 2/16 | 7 | 38.43 |
| Neutral | 43 | 950 | 33.93 | 0/8 | 1 | 106.00 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39 | 730 | 27.04 | 0/4 | 4 | 54.00 |
| 2000s | 169 | 4,616 | 44.38 | 5/33 | 8 | 61.00 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Cricket Ground | 24 | 554 | 36.93 | 0/3 | 1 | 144.00 |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | 21 | 537 | 41.31 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
| Docklands Stadium | 12 | 326 | 32.60 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
| Brisbane Cricket Ground | 11 | 169 | 24.14 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Western Australia Cricket Association Ground | 9 | 288 | 48.00 | 1/0 | 1 | 19.00 |
| Adelaide Oval | 9 | 278 | 55.60 | 0/3 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v West Indies, 1992 at Sydney Cricket Ground
- Latest in the archive: v West Indies, 2006 at Brabourne Stadium
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 21 October 1971
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm medium
- Balls faced (career)
- 6,877
- Ducks
- 10
- Four-wicket hauls
- 0
- Most common batting position
- 4th
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 79.0
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 71.0
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 120.8
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 50.6
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 60.6
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 2,872 balls faced in that period.
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