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Of farewells, comebacks and victories

For Australia 2004 was a year of sad goodbyes, glorious hellos, welcome returns and another batch of envious records

03-Jan-2005•Peter English

Martyn wins the McGilvray Medal

Damien Martyn has been awarded the McGilvray Medal for 2005, which is presented annually by the ABC to their Test cricketer of the year

02-Jan-2005•Cricinfo staff

Martyn makes it Australia's day

A magnificent 142 by Damien Martyn led Australia's revival on the third day at Melbourne

29-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by S Rajesh

Martyn makes it Australia's day

A magnificent 142 by Damien Martyn led Australia's revival on the third day at Melbourne

28-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by S Rajesh

Martyn keeps Australia afloat

Australia bowled Pakistan out for 341 in the morning, but found themselves in trouble when Shoaib Akhtar and Danish Kaneria upended five batsmen

27-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by S Rajesh

Australia tighten the noose

Australia were in sight of a big win after their batsmen flogged the Pakistan bowlers to all corners of the part

18-Dec-2004•The Bulletin by S Rajesh

Honours even after Oram hundred

The second day of the Brisbane Test belonged to New Zealand, but in the context of the match, honours were just about even at the close as Australia ended on 4 for 197 in reply to New Zealand's 353

18-Nov-2004•The bulletin by Martin Williamson

Final walk for Lehmann?

If Darren Lehmann is seeking publicity for his new book, he could not be doing a better job

26-Oct-2004•Peter English

Throwing away the initiative

When India look back on the opening day at Nagpur, they will experience a mixture of elation and disappointment

26-Oct-2004•The Wisden Verdict by Dileep Premachandran

Sublime Martyn leads the way

A magnificent 114 by Damien Martyn was the highlight of the first day as Australia ended on 362 for 7

26-Oct-2004•The Bulletin by Amit Varma

'Satisfying to get runs in tough conditions' - Martyn

Damien Martyn notched up his second century in as many Tests in an astonishing day that saw Australia score 362 and lose wickets

26-Oct-2004•Anand Vasu in Nagpur

`It would have been nice to set them 250-plus'

Damien Martyn played an innings of great composure and beauty to bring Australia back into the Chennai Test

17-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

Win in Sri Lanka was a huge boost - Martyn

Damien Martyn is often called an artist with the bat, but, as he showed once again with a memorable hundred at Chennai, he is also superb at soaking pressure, playing according to the needs of the team, and adapting to different conditions

17-Oct-2004

'200 is a gettable score'

Anil Kumble completed 13 wickets in the Test with 6 for 133 in the second innings, preventing the Australian defiance from taking the match away in the second innings

17-Oct-2004•Dileep Premachandran at Chennai

Martyn makes his mark

Damien Martyn's 71 shone bright on a scorching second day of the Australians' tour opener in Mumbai

01-Oct-2004•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at the Brabourne Stadium

Atapattu and Sangakkara lead the chase to 517

Marvan Atapattu and Kumar Sangakkara helped Sri Lanka reach 2 for 184 at the end of the second day of the second Test at Cairns

10-Jul-2004•Christian Ryan

Ponting and Martyn lead Australia's stroll to victory

Although they probably had to work harder than they expected, in the end Australia cantered to victory over Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the first match of this rearranged one-day series at the Harare Sports Club

25-May-2004•The Wisden Bulletin

Australians bat all day for 448

The future of this tour may be up in the air - it's hard to see the Australians staying in Zimbabwe if their Test series is stripped of full Test status by the ICC on Friday - it was business as usual for the Aussie batsmen on the second and final

18-May-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

David Hussey steps in for Martyn

Damien Martyn has been removed from Nottinghamshire's plans for the forthcoming season, after it was decided he would not be available for a long enough period of time

14-Apr-2004•Wisden Cricinfo staff

Jayasuriya's 131 sets up a Kandy classic

Sanath Jayasuriya gave Sri Lanka hope of a remarkable series-levelling victory with an electrifying batting assault on the fourth afternoon at Kandy

19-Mar-2004•The Wisden Bulletin by Charlie Austin

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