Martin Lloyd Love (born 30 March 1974) is a former Australian

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er who played in five Test matches from 2002 to 2003. He was a right-handed batsman.

Early life

Love was educated at Mundubbera State School and Toowoomba Grammar School. He graduated with a degree in physiotheraphy from The University of Queensland in 1997.

Cricket

He made 146 for

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in the 1994–95

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final when team won their first Shield for 68 years. In 2002 he set a Durham record by making 251. He improved on that with a 273 in 2003. His

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debut was in the 2002–03 Ashes Series in Australia where he played in the 4th and 5th Tests, making 62*, 6*, 0 and 27. This was followed with a single Test in Barbados (36 & 2) and two Tests against

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in Australia in 2003 in which he made a duck and 100 not out. Martin Love signed a contract for Warwickshire CCC in October 2006, but injured himself before joining up with the squad and was subsequently replaced by

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's return from injury, Love was dropped from the Test squad. On 24 February, Love announced he would retire at the end of the 2008–09 Australian cricket season to pursue a career in

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. He scored 219 not out in his last home match, followed by 104 not out in his last Sheffield Shield innings against Victoria at Junction Oval. This gave Love the distinction of scoring an unbeaten century in both his final Test and first class innings.

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