{"id":418929,"date":"2026-01-17T10:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418929\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:56:09","slug":"test-star-damien-martyn-responds-after-near-death-battle-with-meningitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418929\/","title":{"rendered":"Test star Damien Martyn responds after near death battle with meningitis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Martyn<\/p>\n

Martyn (left) in his Test-playing days alongside his WA and Australian teammates Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer.Credit: Jack Atley<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many wonderful people in this world \u2026 from paramedics [at Mermaid Waters Ambulance], doctors and nurses [at Gold Coast University Hospital] \u2026 to family, friends and people I didn\u2019t even know.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I met all these fantastic people in the past three weeks, or they reached out to me through messages of love and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former Australian and West Australian cricketer will continue his recovery at home and ended his message with \u201cbring on 2026, I\u2019m back\u201d.<\/p>\n

Regarded as one of Australia\u2019s most gifted strokemakers, Martyn scored 4406 Test runs at an average of 46.37. He debuted as a 21-year-old against the West Indies in 1992 and retired after the second Test of the 2006-07 Ashes series in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

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He was the player of the series the last time Australia won an away series in India, top-scoring in four of Australia\u2019s eight innings at the crease in the 2004 battle for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.<\/p>\n

Martyn scored an unbeaten 88 off 84 balls in Australia\u2019s 2003 ODI World Cup final triumph, batting with a broken finger in a match-winning partnership with captain Ricky Ponting. He played 208 one-day internationals and scored 5346 runs at 40.09. He was a regular in one of history\u2019s most dominant limited-overs teams.<\/p>\n

Since retiring, Martyn has held various commentary positions and maintained a social media presence, posting on X as recently as December 24 about the Boxing Day Test.<\/p>\n

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