Education
Love was educated at Mundubbera State School, Mundubbera High School and Toowoomba Grammar School.
Love was educated at Mundubbera State School, Mundubbera High School and Toowoomba Grammar School.
He was a right-handed batsman. In 2002 he set a Durham record by making 251. He improved on that with a 273 in 2003.
His Test debut was in the 2002-2003 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 Bangladesh in Australia in 2003 in which he made a duck and 100 not out. Martin Love signed a contract for Warwickshire Commodity Credit Corporation in October 2006, but injured himself before joining up with the squad and was subsequently replaced by Kumar Sangakkara
On Damien Martyn"s return from injury, Love was dropped from the Test squad.
On 24 February, Love announced he would retire at the end of the 2008-2009 Australian cricket season to pursue a career in physiotherapy. He posted a sublime 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 rare distinction of scoring an unbeaten century in both his final Test and first class innings.