D Martyn dominates

Damien Martyn has nearly beaten the Bangladeshis by himself. With a blistering performance of batting, and having not been in the Australian side since the final of the World Cup, it was great performance.

Martyn hit his first 50 of only 22 balls to be one of the quickest 50's in Australian one day international history.

Damien finished with 92* from a blistering 51 deliveries but ran out of runs to reach the magical milestone of 100.

He came in at No. 3, after Australia had opened with Andrew Symonds and Michael Bevan - in an effort to give the middle-order players a bat in this series.

In partnership with Bevan, who had made 40 not out from 62 balls when the winning runs were hit, Martyn added 131 runs in just 15.1 overs. His 50 came off 22 balls, the second-fastest by an Australian after Simon O'Donnell's 50 off 18 balls against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 1988-89. At one stage, he was on target for the fastest century by an Australian - 78 balls, shared by Allan Border and Adam Gilchrist. But he lost momentum in the final stages, as Bevan gained a greater share of the strike.

Posted by Rob