Damien Martyn played four Test series and was also a prolific one-day international batter
Former Australia batter Damien Martyn has woken up from an induced coma and is making a "miraculous" recovery after he was diagnosed with meningitis just over a week ago.
The 54-year-old, who played 67 Test matches between 1992 and 2006, fell ill late last month and was admitted to a Queensland hospital on 27 December.
In a statement on behalf of Martyn's family, close friend and former Australia teammate Adam Gilchrist said on Sunday: "It's been an unbelievable turn of events in the last 48 hours."
"[Martyn] has responded extraordinarily well since coming out of the coma to the point where his family feels it's like some sort of miracle," the statement said, adding "he is now able to talk".
