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Martyn being realistic

AFP, Sydney
Axed batsman Damien Martyn said Friday it would take something extra special to get back into the Austra-lianTbst cricket team.
Martyn, 34 next month, was this week sacked from Australia's team for the six-day Test match against the World XI at the Sydney Cricket Ground after a woeful Ashes series where he averaged just 19.77 in nine innings as the Australians went down 2-1 to England this month.
The stylish right-hander concedes that age is against him in returning to the Test side and holding down a place in Australia's one-day team 18 months out from theWorld Cup in the Caribbean.
"You've got to be honest with yourself. It would almost be something extra special to get back," Martyn told The Australian news-
paper.
■Martyn, who just four months ago was given a new two-year contract with Cricket Australia and was rated the fifth best player in the country, believed that selectors had shown a lack of recognition or respect for the consistency of his performances leading into the Ashes.
The No 4 batsman, who averaged 40 or better in his previous nine series before managing less than 20 per innings in England, believes he has established his credentials as aTest cricketer.
"It hurts in the sense that I've been playingTest cricket in the last four or five years where I've done it ail, particularly the last 18 months," Martyn said.
"I was averaging almost a century every second Test so this has been my first hiccup in that period. And because it's such a long series it stands out more. If it was a three-Test series there would be no problem.
"You don’t want it to end like it does, but unless you make a century and walk off it's probably going to end this way at some
stage. You're always going to be dropped when you're not making
runs."
Martyn said he was not returning to state cricket with Western Australia with anything to prove.
"I'm not going back to play for WA feeling I've got anything to prove. I'm going back to WA hoping to help some young kids there, put back in, and hopefully see some of those young WA guys play for Australia," Martyn told the newspaper.
"That's the next stage for me."
While the selection of Shane Watson as an all-rounder means the number of specialist batting places will reduce from six to five, Martyn believes it is important that captain Ricky Ponting is given more bowling options.
"We just don't have the attack we used to. Punter (Ponting) might need some help with someone who can bowl and bat at sue.” Martyn said, highlighting the imposing force of Andrew Flintoff with bat and ball during the Ashes series.