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Martin David Crowe (born September 22, 1962 in Henderson) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985.
Crowe represented New Zealand from the early 1980s until his retirement in 1996, and was probably the country's best-ever right-handed batsman. Through the early part of his career he was also a medium-pace bowler. He captained New Zealand in the early 1990s. During this period he brought many innovations, such as opening with spin bowlers (like Dipak Patel) rather than fast ones and opening with pinch hitting batsmen. Whilst captaining in the 1992 World Cup, New Zealand lost only two matches (both to Pakistan), one in the group stages and one in the semi finals. He is generally accredited for this unprecedented success.
He played 77 Test matches, averaging 45.65 with the bat, including 17 centuries and 18 half-centuries. He also played 143 One Day International, averaging 38.55, and hit four centuries and 34 half-centuries. In 1991, he shared a 467-run partnership with Andrew Jones, at the time the highest partnership in Test history. Crowe was dismissed on 299, the highest innings by a New Zealander in Test history.
After his retirement, Crowe helped develop a local variation of cricket, called "Cricket Max," and became a television commentator and pundit. His brother Jeff Crowe also represented New Zealand at cricket. He is a cousin of actor Russell Crowe. He is currently a board member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club which Russell Crowe is part owner of. Inzamam-ul-Haq considers him to be one of the three best batsmen he has seen along with Ricky Ponting and Viv Richards.[1] He has joined the management team of Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team which participated in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Apr–Jun 2008. [2]
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Martin Crowe's career performance graph.
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