Bit of a shock that one. Pity in a way, he really is wonderful to watch when in full flow, imperious.
Wonder who the Aussies will bring in.
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Originally posted by Milan_Milan View Post
Adam Voges, 27 yr old West Australian. Hard hitting lower order batsman and part time leg spinner. Has fastest Australia domestic one-day century record, cant remember how many balls he faced.
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What about that lad Jacques
Is he Australian? He scored a fair few in the tour games from memory"What's your favourite Beatles album then?"
"I think I'd have to say....Best of the Beatles"Comment
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Complete shock!!Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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not really is it. He was under pressure to perform, he's not getting any younger so I think its well within realms of possibility.
Which it was
"What's your favourite Beatles album then?"
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It is to me. End of the series maybe, or if he'd been dropped, but I didn't expect this...out of the blue.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Phil Jaques, he's who i'd be putting in, next in line as an opening bat when one of Hayden or Langer get the push or retire.Originally posted by kopdan View PostComment
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Very strange as you'd think he'd go out on glory when the win the ashes not half way through under a cloudWhen you feel like you're done, you are not alone........Comment
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Originally posted by ShaggyAlonso View Post
He has most certainly been told to step aside, the timing is all wrong for any other suggestion.There's nothing wrong with drinking before noon. Especially if you're supposed to be at work.Comment
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He's too young. You need to be at least 30 before playing For AustraliaOriginally posted by kopdan View Post
"For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son"Comment
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Not quite.Originally posted by danielle View Post
Apparently the decision had been coming for a while, he only informed anyone to do with cricket about it this morning. So it's a decision he's basically made on his own, from what i've heard his reasoning is a lack of motivation.
I reckon he wanted to go out on his terms, not wait till he was dropped.
Best of luck to him, he was my favourite player.
On his day, he was a magnificent cricketer, made it look so easy.
Good luck Marto.
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
And the Monkeys all say Boo!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots Jibber Jabber Joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang!
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So it's Ning Nang Nong!
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning!
Trees go Ping!
Nong Ning Nang!
The mice go clang!
What a noisy place to belong,
Is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!Comment
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Never made the most of his talent in my opinion. A superb player, very elegant, made batting an art-form. He never really settled down, he never learnt how to score runs when you're not making the game look easy.
I've got a lot of respect for him, just a shame I don't think he ever reached his peak.
Fair play to him for knowing when to call it a day
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That's a bit of a shock.Comment
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Nope - it actually fits with the kind of man he isOriginally posted by danielle View Post
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...009880,00.htmlScrutiny too much for Martyn
By Robert Craddock
December 09, 2006
THE seat reserved for Damien Martyn was empty when the morning flight from Adelaide to Perth arrived on Wednesday. That surprised no one.
Private to the point of being reclusive, Martyn would have known that Perth airport was stocked with cameras eager to shoot the out-of-form batsman who was struggling to hold his place in Australia's team for his home Test.
Not for the first time, he disappeared. Martyn has always been his own man and something of a mystery.
When under siege, he takes refuge from a hostile outside world and it can be weeks before his best mates, including Adam Gilchrist, can find him.
Even teammates who have played with Martyn for a decade struggle to know the real man.
"Don't rattle his cage and he won't rattle yours," was the comment of one Australia official.
Articulate, opinionated and intelligent, and good company when he chooses to mix, Martyn is an unusual character.
His jaunty walk - you could call it a swagger - and his general demeanour radiate confidence but they are really a cloak for insecurity.
Unlike fast bowler Glenn McGrath, who gets motivated by criticism, Martyn finds it offensive, which is part of the reason he has retired.
He was disturbed when he went to the hotel door and picked up a paper that reported his future was under threat. The criticism was killing his passion for the game.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who considers Martyn his best mate in the team, knew all this and tried to lift his self-esteem in the way that Steve Waugh had lifted Matthew Hayden and Justin Langer.
Ponting tried to show Martyn that he had the captain's total faith no matter what anyone thought of him.
But it wasn't enough.
Martyn's teammates were stunned by his decision yesterday.
"He just couldn't face the scrutiny one more time - it really gets to him," one player said.
Like Michael Clarke, Waugh and Craig McDermott, Martyn, who was an Australia under-19 captain, had the awkward experience of being a glamorous junior player who grew up in the public eye.
He went through various stages as a player and person.
There were times when his lifestyle was likened to that of a rock star when he was a cocky man about Perth.
But he found after losing his Test place for five years in 1994 that many of the good-time Charlies surrounding him were not really mates at all.
So he became so private that teammates dubbed him a recluse. When he walked in to corporate functions, he often had the look of a man about to sit in a dentist's chair.
He also changed his batting style from fearless cavalier in his youth to more studied accumulator.
That Martyn never had a setback until he reached international level made it doubly hard for him to cope when they arrived.
But he had some great moments. The peak of his career came in two years when he dominated India and Sri Lanka on their soil.
He was a beautiful batsman to watch and did a fine job for his country.
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