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Howzat! Martyn bowled over by Annika

Source: The Sunday Times - May 7, 2006

The cream of the Australian cricket team was last night celebrating the wedding of star WA batsman Damien Martyn.

Martyn, 34, attended by his best man - Australian captain, Ricky Ponting - married Perth horseriding instructor Annika McNamara under a white silk gazebo at Bunkers Bay, near Dunsborough.

Guests included Test and One-Day teammates Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer, Andrew Symonds, Matthew Hayden and Shane Watson.

Celebrations continued inside a marquee decorated with thousands of tiny lights and pink lillies and white roses.

Guests feasted on prawns, marron, chicken, roast porterhouse and cardamom pudding.

The resort for the ceremony and reception was booked out by the bridal party from noon yesterday until tomorrow.

Security was tight, with guards patrolling the grounds of the resort, which is set among bushland on the shore of Bunker Bay beach.

Martyn lost his Test spot in the Australian Test team last year after a disappointing Ashes tour, but was recalled during last month's tour of South Africa, which Australia won 3-0.

He remains a member of the one-day squad and is in contention for a spot in Australia's World Cup team next year.

- ANDREA MAYES