By Daniel Brettig
July 3rd 2009 @ 1:54am
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Martyn reveals reasons for his sudden retirement
Former Australian batsman Damien Martyn has finally revealed the whole truth behind his shock retirement midway through the last Ashes series, saying he had wanted to finish his time earlier in 2006 against South Africa.
Instead, the cajoling of teammates and pre-Ashes hype talked Martyn into going on to the 2006-07 series against England, but he [...]
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Kento said | July 3rd 2009 @ 8:45am | Report comment
I’ve always thought this was an untold story. For some reason I thought there might have been more to it than this, but at least nice to hear his reasons for the sudden retirement.
Quality player.
Brett McKay said | July 3rd 2009 @ 9:09am | Report comment
Kento, I have to agree, it almost seems like an anti-climax now, doesn’t it? That said, I’m glad he could make the life decisions he needed to, and it certainly doesn’t sound he’s missing the merry-go-round. If he’s happy with his lot, that’s all that matters..