Martin Crowe

Former New Zealand captain and batsman

The hand of the leggie

Legspinners have blossomed in the World T20, which has otherwise been an odd, somewhat ugly affair

05-Apr-2014•Martin Crowe

Why do we over-react when changing cricket's rules?

Instead of helping umpires react instinctively to situations, we have burdened them with misleading technology that has turned them into second-class citizens

02-Apr-2014•Martin Crowe

Why the BCCI won't be swayed by Richardson's DRS claims

The ICC's CEO hopes to get India on board and backing the review system, but that doesn't look likely to happen

24-Mar-2014•Martin Crowe

To bat right, get your mind right

Footwork may be crucial to the batsman's art, but a mind rooted in the present moment is just as great a weapon

20-Mar-2014•Martin Crowe

ESPNcricinfo Awards 2013 cricketer of the generation: The 20-year dream

Sachin Tendulkar's career in cricket has been a testimony to his unflagging love for the game

14-Mar-2014•Martin Crowe

It's all down to the feet

The cornerstone of batting technique is foot position and movement

12-Mar-2014•Martin Crowe

Could it be New Zealand's World Cup year?

A few predictions and some surmise about the tournament from a year away

25-Feb-2014•Martin Crowe

How McCullum helped me let go

Not scoring a triple-century has weighed heavy on this writer, but New Zealand's captain has helped lay that personal bogey to rest

18-Feb-2014•Martin Crowe

Pietersen down on dodgy knees

He has been sacked by England for off-field issues, but the truth is that he probably couldn't have carried on playing Test cricket for much longer anyway

10-Feb-2014•Martin Crowe

A force called Kohli

He's in inexorable form, but his best is still ahead of him, and that is a forbidding thought for the bowlers he comes up against

04-Feb-2014•Martin Crowe

Forty overs is one-day cricket's future

It's the ideal amount of time to pack in plenty of action while also giving players a chance to construct innings and making for a better spectator experience

31-Jan-2014•Martin Crowe

To hell and back

Jesse Ryder has always been a gifted athlete but it's only now that he seems to have let go of the unimportant stuff and begun to believe

24-Jan-2014•Martin Crowe

Two-tier Test system, my foot

It's not right to abandon teams like New Zealand and West Indies who have given their all to prop up the game over the years

18-Jan-2014•Martin Crowe

A mouth-watering Indian summer

New Zealand must buck the trend and prepare pitches that provide more for swing and seam bowlers

16-Jan-2014•Martin Crowe

Hard run-makers revive Australia

As England's senior batsmen went missing, Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin set the tone for their team to dominate in runs, hundreds and, ultimately, wins

07-Jan-2014•Martin Crowe

The battle against attrition

Administrators need to be mindful if players are to prolong their careers and not retire prematurely

06-Jan-2014•Martin Crowe

Kallis' legacy ranks with the best

He had seven phases to his Test career, and at the end of them he is fit to rank alongside the very greatest

30-Dec-2013•Martin Crowe

Swann and the fear of success

It takes an extraordinary athlete with an exceptional mind to not fear the pressures that achievements bring, and to soldier on regardless

27-Dec-2013•Martin Crowe

The story of Ross Taylor

How the New Zealand batsman struggled with rejection and self-doubt to emerge stronger and better

22-Dec-2013•Martin Crowe

The Gavaskar lesson

The new breed of Indian batsmen need to carry the flame that Sunny, Sachin and Rahul kept burning for so long

17-Dec-2013•Martin Crowe

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