
Full name Martin David Crowe
Born September 22, 1962, Henderson, Auckland
Died March 3, 2016, Auckland (aged 53 years 163 days)
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Central Districts, Somerset, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach, Commentator
Relation Father - DW Crowe, Brother - JJ Crowe
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
77 | 131 | 11 | 5444 | 299 | 45.36 | 12190 | 44.65 | 17 | 18 | 659 | 27 | 71 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
143 | 140 | 18 | 4704 | 107* | 38.55 | 6476 | 72.63 | 4 | 34 | 378 | 29 | 66 | 0 |
First-class | 247 | 412 | 62 | 19608 | 299 | 56.02 | 71 | 80 | 226 | 0 | ||||
List A | 261 | 256 | 27 | 8740 | 155* | 38.16 | 11 | 59 | 115 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
77 | 35 | 1377 | 676 | 14 | 2/25 | 3/107 | 48.28 | 2.94 | 98.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs ![]() |
143 | 46 | 1296 | 954 | 29 | 2/9 | 2/9 | 32.89 | 4.41 | 44.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 247 | 7921 | 4010 | 119 | 5/18 | 33.69 | 3.03 | 66.5 | 4 | 0 | |||
List A | 261 | 3994 | 2859 | 99 | 4/24 | 4/24 | 28.87 | 4.29 | 40.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Feb 26-Mar 2, 1982 scorecard |
Last Test | India v New Zealand at Cuttack, Nov 8-12, 1995 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 13, 1982 scorecard |
Last ODI | India v New Zealand at Nagpur, Nov 26, 1995 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1979/80 - 1995/96 |
List A span | 1979/80 - 1995/96 |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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6 | Well Legn XI | v Cant Inv XI | Wellington | 13 Mar 2011 | Other T20 |
As the 20th century drew to an end, Martin Crowe became the standard by which New Zealand batsmanship would be measured. A batsman of elegance, poise and range, Crowe broke through into Test cricket as a 19-year-old, and in a short span of time was heralded as the best young batsman in the world. By the end of his Test career, he was New Zealand's highest run-getter and century-maker, scorer or 10,000 international runs, its captain in the 1992 World Cup who engineered an exhilarating home run all the way to the semi-finals, and a totemic figure in his team's feisty Test performances through the Eighties. The son of a cricketing family, whose father had played first-class cricket, Crowe came from suburban Auckland, destined for greatness. He arrived a complete batsman still in his teens, a technique burnished in both attack and defence, a fierce competitor alongside a devoted student of cricket with an innate game sense. In his prime, Crowe left the viewer with the impression of having a nanosecond more time to play his strokes, with balance in their execution and equanimity in his stance. He was a batsman of clean lines off the front foot, tall, elegant and classically sound, his signature strokes being down the ground, but capable of shots all around the wicket. His debut season in English county cricket as a 21-year-old replacement for Viv Richards at Somerset was a clear illustration that he belonged. At the crease, Peter Roebuck wrote of him, Crowe could "soar like an eagle."
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- Martin David Crowe (Apr 6, 2017)
- Remembering Marty (Mar 2017)
- My beautiful man (Mar 2017)
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Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1985