Damien Martyn is in hospital battling meningitis, and it sounds really serious. The 53-year-old got sick on Boxing Day, which was just this week. Things went downhill fast after that.
Right now, he’s at a Queensland hospital getting intensive treatment. Doctors decided to put him in an induced coma. Word got out a few days later, and now the whole cricket world’s worried.
Cricket Family Rallies Behind Martyn
Social media blew up once people heard about Damien’s condition. Old teammates started posting messages straight away. You can tell how loved this guy is in cricket circles.
Darren Lehmann put up something really emotional about his former teammate. He’s asking people to pray for Damien’s recovery. Adam Gilchrist wrote something too, and those two were super close back then.
Gilly’s message had everyone tearing up a bit, honestly. He’s sending strength to Martyn’s wife and kids through all this. Even Todd Greenberg from Cricket Australia spoke about how sad everyone feels.
Martyn’s Brilliant Playing Career
Martyn wasn’t just any cricketer – he was absolutely brilliant with the bat. He played 67 Test matches for Australia over his career. Those games brought him 4,406 runs at a superb average of 46.37.
His Test record includes 13 hundreds, which is really impressive stuff. Martyn had this elegant style that made batting look easy. Bowlers absolutely hated bowling to him on his good days.
The 2003 World Cup remains one of his biggest achievements ever. Australia won that tournament and Martyn played some crucial knocks. His ODI career finished with 5,346 runs in the bag.
Life After Cricket
Martyn walked away from professional cricket back in 2006. Since then, he’s kept things pretty quiet and stayed away from the spotlight. He doesn’t do much media work or public appearances these days.
His last social media update came just before the Boxing Day Test. Martyn wrote about missing the atmosphere of that famous match. Nobody knew he’d fall ill so soon after posting that message.
The cricket community hopes Martyn pulls through this scary situation. Everyone’s waiting for good news about his recovery. His family needs all the support they can get right now.
