Damien Martyn Pure Class and Timing Compilation

A tribute video to the most pure batsman out there, cheers Marto
Thanks to Rob for some of the footage

[@anshumanmahanty6044]

Those silken back-foot punches are stuff of orgasm. Even his front-foot defensive shots carried for a boundary. Absolutely magical.

[@AjayPatel-so8zs]

Lol you need a girlfriend so you can have a proper orgasm bro. Orgasming over martyn is unhealthy

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

Did you have a hand relief over that?

[@himanshupal6083]

Orgasm😂

[@thatseventiesguy]

Climax at 9:27.

[@MrDtrain69]

Its just like Michaelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel, its a work of art Damien Martyn's technique, some of the best shots you'll ever see off front and back foot. Magnificent batsman to watch in full flight.

[@sdogg]

Martyn, Mark Waugh and VVS were pure joy to watch. Just effortless timing

[@andrewwinch474]

STJ _ the second game had Mark Waugh at the non strikers end. That would have been beautiful to watch.

[@AdityaMadduri]

@STJ, indeed, I would add Mohammad Azharuddin to the list as well, despite all that has happened.

[@valueinvestor77]

And David Gower.

[@amzzrae342]

Please stop lying to the world

[@WahidKhan-gb6zl]

Saeed anwar

[@mattscrutton]

My favourite batsman of all time right here. Patience, timing, footwork, balance and power when he needed it. He didn't always get the runs he should have, but when Australia collapsed early and were 2 or 3 down for less than 20, usually overseas, he dug them out of the mire making batting look easy. His centuries in Sri Lanka are my favourite.

[@anuragjoshi1210]

Totally agree ,one of the most elegant batsmen to play the game

[@allansoncruickshank721]

The epitome of poise, grace and timing. In terms of pure aesthetics and ease, I can't think of any better in my lifetime. As a West Indian, I enjoyed watching him, Hooper, Mark Waugh and Mohammad Yousuf bat for this reason.

[@mtadc1545]

Imagine a partnership between Martyn and Sangakarra both doing cover drives lol.

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

Lol Yousuf nowhere near as classy as those

[@benbrown6263]

Totally agree, NEVER seen anyone with better balance/stillness at the crease, or more boundaries from apparently gentle pushes through the off side 😌

[@Logicalsane]

​@@ruchirmundhra6716Yusuf was very underrated

[@rocknral]

Hooper and Waugh should have been much better. Great talents that didn't quite get there.

[@vidhunarayanan6766]

Damien Martyn found it difficult in finding a spot in the Australian batting line up. Such was their batting unit's prowess. Had Martyn played for a different country, he would have gone on to score plenty of runs. He makes batting look so easy.

[@itsray828]

Absolutely oozed class every single time he graced the pitch. Shame the current generation of bash and crash batters lack this kind of sheer elegance. Just listening to the commentators in total awe of his artistry is like poetry.

[@rawanderer4737]

20 20 is the cause

[@iammodestykazi6914]

When batting looked beautiful. Top comment yours 👌👍 S Tendulkar Y Singh M Waugh D Martyn I Bell M Atapattu H Gibbs J Kallis A Flower B Lara S Anwar M Yousuf N Astle S Fleming Aravinda S Jayasuriya All classy & stylish batsmen !!

[@achubbgmail]

Simply the pinnacle of cricket batting. The last back foot cover drive is just indescribable.

[@nakulghate9448]

A guy who never needed power to get the ball over the fence! I have seen very few batsmen who time the ball as elegant as Martyn did.

[@ShivamKumar-tg3vp]

That Six over cover was absolute class.

[@sameershinde9452]

Most Natural Batsman.....And 90's cricket was best..... 👌👍

[@dennispicone6801]

Well true, but all the decades produced classy cricketers from different countries.

[@paulmazibuko5390]

This guy was a fantastic batsman. So smooth, fluent and fluid in his batting. So effortless. Playing a forward defense for four? Unbelievable. The best timer of the cricket ball in history. I was never a fan but you have to give credit where it's due. I would pay good money to watch this guy batting. Respect

[@jetpark3743]

So beautiful like Waugh. The most elegant Australian batsmen

[@adriang6259]

With all the superstars in the Aussie team. I think DM flew under the radar. His record is respectable as well. This video is just a pleasure to watch.

[@sacredclown4179]

Three of the most elegant strikers in Australian cricket history Greg Chappell Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn this guy flew under the radar

[@gourabchatterjee5011]

I wonder why I still remember this cricketer aftr more than a decade f his retiremnt ; particularly when his career was not that long, often overshadowed by d legends of d game playing with him in his own team !! Now I realise what he was !! He was not as destructive as Hayden, Ponting or Gilchrist but it was his style and effortlessness dat gave him a permanent place in cricket lovers mind !! I think Mark Waugh and Herschell Gibbs were similar to him regarding class and elegance but Damien was more sexier and more soothing to my eyes !!

[@sv8211]

Gibbs was never in the league of Martyn..

[@h4rder10]

@@sv8211 nor was mark waugh, technically speaking.

[@ShivamKumar-tg3vp]

Just Supreme Class ...... especially back foot punches through covers are magical...

[@jordancrothers6403]

Fell in love with cricket watching him cut the ball in those early days.

[@peace2u947]

Damien Martyn was a real life batting text book, compact, elegant technique, great player... Loved watching him bat, if only he was a left hand batter like me ahahah!! Great technique 👍

[@amansinha1443]

265 likes and 1 dislike.. Tells you the class of this man.. That 1 dislike was out of jealousy.. I guess

[@TrentRidley]

Dislikes are from fast bowlers.

[@dennispicone6801]

Would have to be from a genuine non cricket lover. There's no way you couldn't atleast appreciate the man. Still averaged 46 upon retirement. He was a class above most. Excellent in the shorter form, and if t20 was around, when he was there, you'd have to pick him on class for a start. That's what classy batsmen do. He'd have been successful. He was in the one dayers, so he'd have found a way.

[@tvittori]

Majestic batsman.

[@alanholyhead522]

A tear in my eye watching this,beautiful batsman

[@nitinchauhan1909]

Wipe it please 🥺

[@thatsbollox]

Pure Class. In that era Australia was blessed with top order bats that would make any nations top order at anytime in history. Beautiful off side player. Effortless.

[@Gr8mate13]

Is there, has there been, will there be, a better classier batsman than Marto , i think not , all coaches out there , all the Dads out there , do not listen to any advice onj how to bat , just watch this and replicate his style and you will have the most elegant style ever developed.

[@donaldroberts9295]

Kim Hughes comes to mind for technical correctness but like Marto did not have the mental toughness

[@Tilan123]

Sangakarra, AB D. Both have just as classy cover drives.

[@thatsbollox]

The Batsman that Test Batsmen pay money to watch. Absolutely gorgeous to watch. I will never tire of watching this video. Tx for compiling these shots.

[@ptl79]

1:51 happy fast bowler & best shot IMO, 2:57 best cover drive.

[@santilata378]

Majestic glorious elegant all these adjectives are for Damian martin

[@sathyanseeksu]

Well that back foot punch of ntini. So much timing placement and elegance

[@kumailalimasjide7895]

Those satiny suave phenomenal cover drives by Damien Martyn GOAT 🏏 🐐

[@MrMik693]

Artistic...I love watching his off side shots...

[@TheSinnical]

this man is not human. this sort of timing, elegance is godly.

[@Present4]

Damien Martyn and the under achiever Carl Hooper were the most elegant batsmen at that time IMO.

[@successschhoolofmotoring]

Loved watching this guy's batting technique. Damien Martyn and Carl Hooper.

[@shivsays24]

Watched this probably 100 times.. We all speak about Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Yousuf Youhana, Inzamam Ul Haq, Kumar Sangakkara, Mark Waugh as great timers of cricket ball, but this guy is criminally underratted. I would like to mention 01. Those drives, half pulls off Ntini, Kallis, Pollock, Nel. 02. Those two defensive pushes against Vaas 03. Lofted cover drive off Azhar Mahmood 04. Those cuts ans drives off Simon Doull, Daniel Vettori and Chris Cairns. It was like watching a river flowing gorgeously through all the obstacles. He is one player i would probably pay and watch. Gorgeous on off side, straight as well as leg side. "Marto" was one of his kind and there would never be another like him.

[@wadaglue8464]

What a classy batsman. His technique is very easy on the eye.

[@YashwantMusic]

Just pure class.

[@arunsadasivan1738]

Stylish batsman. Stylish strokes. A treat to watch

[@davidcarson9342]

My new favourite clip! Beautiful to watch.

[@1000ashwanirana]

Beautiful player to Watch

[@allan28693]

Awesome! display of pure classy cricket......cheers Martyn ur the BEST

[@Andrew-xk8cj]

If you're that Allan Donald aka White lightning my respect for you as a person now equals your bowling. And I agree, he turned batting into a form of dance. When sport meets art there you'll find the "mart".

[@rocknral]

Slazenger and kookaburra must have loved Marto, you saw the makers sticker on nearly every shoot. Perfection.

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

What really proves how special he was, is how he was able to play the same shot 6 times in a row without any difference at the end

[@CaptainArn]

6:24 is arguably the best shot of all time in my opinion. Look at it just look. Look how FAST that ball travels over the line, look how little effort he put in making it happen.

[@kingishereg6750]

Best Batsman whn comes to timing by far :)

[@zulu.89]

Best cover drives in cricket (personal choice) - also guys who predominantly scored in the offside Damien Martyn David Gower Michael Vaughan Jacques Kallis Mohammad Yousuf

[@AlonsoRules]

Langer as well - go watch the New Zealand video

[@sdogg]

Mark Waugh was superior to all of them

[@NirmalKumar-xq5es]

Mark Waugh missing in your list

[@jamieks3542]

Prateik Sharma Ian Bell and Mark Waugh too

[@h4rder10]

Sourav Ganguly

[@Legolas3300]

What a technique....Absolute art.....Picaso of batting....Sachin, Bell and Martyn used to have best technique❤❤

[@davidgeorgemarksergeant4373]

Pure and absolute beauty in this strokeplay. Like watching Federer...

[@brianvittachi6869]

He makes that drive look effortless. Every schoolboy should watch him and learn.

[@2011frnd]

Blinded by fame of Tendulkar, Ponting and Lara during my childhood, I failed to notice the grace of Damien Martyn

[@TheJonkerr7]

well to be fair, those 3 were pretty special! :) but you are right, marto was sublime

[@moonnewprocess]

Better words can’t be spoken about him. For all those big shots, we’ve forgotten him. Now KZbin is reminding us what we’ve missed.

[@dubjohnston]

5/559 v South Africa. ahh, those were the days

[@Haider-Ali76436]

Martyn was super class batsman, he was a treat to watch.

[@MrMik693]

Best cover drives in the history of cricket..

[@wajahatfida3627]

Wahooo those backfoot punches out of this world perfection at its finest

[@gulamkhan6695]

Most elegant batsman of our time

[@jhaakash2790]

It was Mark Waugh

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

@@jhaakash2790 Martyn more classier

[@memoomoo8831]

i can't stop watching this video. its just cricket jizz

[@alanholyhead522]

The most technically gifted batsman of all timexxx

[@sunnymane5646]

In Australia sure. But inn whole world its only sachin

[@11hitmanDagenius]

Nah, Lara is the most technically gifted, even better than sachin

[@andrewdoyle4089]

Best timer of the ball ever IMO....

[@junglelifelurefishingadven8918]

There is nothing better on the eye than a Damien Martin back foot square drive.

[@thatsbollox]

4:22 Crack ! I'd luv that as the ringtone on my phone. Sounded incredible.

[@vidyapandhari929]

Even I never watch sachin, ponting and lara playing like this strokes of his own generation he has more wisdom and excellence than them

[@hunterhrs7238]

Because of martin Australia won test series in India

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

@Lats Niebling Tendulkar played only the last two tests returning after a major tennis elbow injury I reckon. Ponting also played the last test only and secondly Ponting was a pathetic batsman in Indian conditions in test cricket. Martyn was the best player of spin in that side

[@rvs1444]

@Lats Niebling Wow great story!!! Smith is from Sydney as well if I'm not wrong? And Smith's century in Pune back in 2017 just proved why he's such a great player of spin.

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

@Lats Niebling Yes absolutely. He always preferred playing in the subcontinent than in Australia as said by Ponting in his autobiography

[@KuldeepSingh-cm3oe]

Damien Martyn is a classic and stylish player.

[@muhammadmustafaraza2798]

Mark Waugh, Carl Hooper and Damien Martin were the best swift-timer, cricket fraternity ever seen

[@smellypantzliam]

The only batsman that iv'e ever seen that times the ball better than Mark Waugh, in saying that there obviously better players around at the time, Lara, ponting, Tendulkar etc, but for pure timing and effortless strokeplay there were few better imo.

[@arvindjaissy1955]

The Truth Hurts Mate Rohit Sharma in the same hut

[@suckmynugget1975]

@@arvindjaissy1955 lmao 😂😂

[@alarmed2542]

@@arvindjaissy1955 rohit sharma doesn't time the ball that well...he is very fit and strong

[@Manishnishad007]

Rohit sharma is the best timer of the ball

[@logicalmusaafir2103]

*Damien Martyn and VVS Laxman, these two are the most elegant stylish and greatest timer of the ball*

[@sudarshanreddy422]

The thing here with these shots is that they are not any express pace deliveries, most of them are in between 125-130 kmph and that shows how good a timer of cricket ball he is.

[@k.b9583]

He was pure class.

[@arpitgoel6547]

Why are Marto as a player and Backfoot Punch so less talked about? They both are pure class!

[@madniislamicstore8723]

Really pure classic trimming

[@boiragirules]

That cover drive at 2.07 off Kallis..man I orgasmed. He was no less talented than Lara Sachin or Laxman...

[@sandeepgoud1311]

Now you have to bear watching guys like Pujara!

[@avezsheikh7302]

Simply beautiful❤

[@Josenrl]

Finest timer of the cricket ball in world cricket. DM

[@Ali2Aali]

Damien Martyn is the 2nd most elegant Australian batsman ever after M Waugh. These two are one of a very few Aussies who batted with elegance.

[@parthtrivedi6611]

VVS laxman ..Yuvraj singh.... Damien martin...mohmmad yusuf....rohit sharma...mahela jayvardena all time elegant storke makers and match winners

[@arjun_sa23]

Watch it at 4:24, That echoed through the indoor Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Damien Martyn at his absolute best. 😱😌

[@sentimentalbloke185]

The back foot square drive @ 2:26 is the rarest shot in cricket, very few could play it, much less play it with that amount of power & timing. As the bowler, you'd be saying to yourself, 'where can I bowl to this man?'

[@obtusian100]

The sound of the one he hit over cover, wow

[@soumykumar6110]

howww??? defensive shots for four are u crazy man ???? seriously wtf?? i am jealous!!!

[@iammodestykazi6914]

When batting looked beautiful 👍👌

[@omkarparte4747]

5.20 to 5.50 two most effortlessly timed. 1.51 reminds arvinda de silva's 1996 final innings

[@yourstruly1234]

One if the most attractive players ever.. Had the ability to score at good rate without taking any risk.. Great timer of ball..

[@anthonyblack3579]

Marto - the best at blocking it to the boundary.

[@rohithraj6681]

one of the best off side player ever

[@majid83]

Thanks Chris, for this sublime montage.

[@sreenivasramana5466]

Best offside right hand batsman this world ever seen.

[@stellamanning8788]

Best offside player ever... Good WA boy and a true champion

[@devananddevarajan2029]

Is his bat is made of Butter or what. Butter Smooth

[@riteshnets]

Most elegant batsman ever !

[@benjohansson4057]

Peaks at 5:22 and 5:45

[@fk90-b9z]

Combination of technical elegance and flair. Damien Martyn was more graceful than Ricky Ponting. Like mark waugh, marvelous timer who's average does not convey his greatness. Genius of a batsman Martyn was.

[@driptoray4928]

I just checked. He had an average of 46 in test cricket and 41 in ODIs. Wonder why he didn't play more often back then

[@sugs1191]

Damien Martyn and Jayawardene were the 2 best 2 watch post 2000 - excluding 90s legends like Lara, de Silva, mark Waugh

[@jeremy3736]

From a time when pure techniques were taught and valued and before 3lb+ sledgehammer bats were the norm ... now that was cricket.

[@faizansari5761]

Pure Class ............#Legend

[@LoveisPain0202]

Great upload mate! Perhaps only Mark Waugh is more elegant than him.

[@jhaakash2790]

Absolutely right.

[@jhaakash2790]

Mark Waugh was the best .

[@Manishnishad007]

Rohit sharma

[@ruchirmundhra6716]

@@jhaakash2790 best 😂

[@andrewb2475]

Pure class!

[@amitnimar147]

damian Martin :pure class

[@MuhammadUmerToor]

I CANNOT BELIUEVE SOMEONE CAN PLAY LIKE IT

[@ayushverma1061]

Wow just classy drives

[@chintanvarmora1994]

What a player