5 most underrated international cricketers

2. Damien Martyn

Damien Martyn was an old-school batter who had risen in the ranks in Australian cricket after toughening it out in school, grade, and club cricket. He had a natural gift of making batting look extremely easy and his modern equivalent is Rohit Sharma, who had ample time to play his shots. 

Martyn boasted of all the shots in his armoury. His 88-run knock in the 2003 World Cup final was one of the highlights of his career, which incidentally came with a broken finger. In 13 months, Martyn accumulated 1608 Test runs at an average of 61. But he was always overshadowed by Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, and others. Damien Martyn ended his international career with a Test average of 46.37 and an ODI average of 40.8 but didn’t reach superstar status.