Martin Crowe
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Full name | Martin David Crowe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Dave Crowe (father), Audrey Crowe (mother), Deb Crowe (big sister), Jeff Crowe (brother), Sherry Harvey - niece, Steve Wilky (The Wilkes),Russell Crowe (cousin), Suzie Muirhead (Cousin) - BlackSticks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 26 February 1982 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 12 November 1995 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut | 13 February 1982 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 26 November 1995 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1983 | Auckland Aces | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1990 | Central Districts Stags | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984–1988 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1995 | Wellington Firebards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 30 May 2009 |
Martin David Crowe, MBE (born 22 September 1962) is a former New Zealand cricketer, commentator and author. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1985, and was credited as one of the "best young batsmen in the world".[1] A right-handed batsman, Crowe represented New Zealand from the early 1980s until his retirement in 1996.[1] Through the early part of his career he was also a medium-pace bowler. He captained New Zealand in the early 1990s, and during this period he brought many innovations, such as opening with spin bowlers [2][3] and utilising pinch hitting batsmen.
Early life
Crowe was born in September 1962 in Henderson, New Zealand, to Dave Crowe, a former New Zealand domestic cricketer. Crowe's brother, Jeff, also represented and captained New Zealand at international level, and both are cousins of actor Russell Crowe.[4]
Domestic cricket
Crowe represented four domestic cricket teams in his career, Auckland, Central Districts, Somerset and Wellington.[1] He scored nearly 20,000 first-class runs, with 71 centuries.[5] His average of 56.02 is one of the highest first-class averages of all time.
International career
Crowe 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.[1] In 1991, he shared a 467-run partnership with Andrew Jones, at the time the highest partnership in Test history and in 2009 remained the third highest.[6] Crowe was dismissed on 299, the highest innings by a New Zealander in Test history, until 2014 when Brendon McCullum became the first New Zealander to score a triple century.[7] Inzamam-ul-Haq considers him to be one of the three best batsmen he has seen along with Viv Richards and Ricky Ponting.[8]
He also made the highest number of runs in the 1992 Cricket World Cup, in which New Zealand came first in the league round before losing to fourth-qualified Pakistan in the semifinal.
Whilst captaining in the 1992 World Cup, New Zealand lost only two matches. Former captain of Pakistani cricket team, Rameez Raja said
Martin Crowe was an imaginative leader who maximized his team's potential and resources by thoughtful captaincy and out-of-the-box tactics to flummox oppositions. He used the local conditions brilliantly and made the opposition think and admit to New Zealand's presence in the 1992 World Cup. His famous trick was Dipak Patel with the new ball, which turned out to be a master stroke, a move that was tailor-made to extract advantage out of New Zealand pitches and it stunned the opposition with a bit of drama as well. The off spinner showed great control with the new ball and bowled an aggressive line to pick up wickets.[9]
In the 1992 New Year Honours, Crowe was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cricket.[10] On 28 February 2015, Crowe was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in an emotional ceremony during the lunch break of New Zealand's winning pool game against Australia during the 2015 world cup.[11]
Coaching
After his retirement, Crowe helped develop a local variation of cricket, called "Cricket Max",[12] and became a television commentator and pundit. He is currently a board member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club of which Russell Crowe is part owner. He was roped in as the CEO into the management team of Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team in the Indian Premier League. Midway through the season the owner Vijay Mallya expressed displeasure over the team and its performance in the league by sacking its bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and mentor Charu Sharma blaming them for dismal team performance. Later in October of the same year, Crowe parted ways with the team and brought in Ray Jennings, the former coach of the South African National Cricket Team as the head coach of the team. Sources suggested that Mallya was unhappy with the team he had and held Crowe and his management team responsible for the debacle.[13]
Comeback
On 19 May 2011, Crowe commented on Twitter that he wanted to improve his fitness by setting a goal to play first-class cricket again. He cited that he is only 3 first-class matches away from 250 matches, and 392 runs short of 20,000 runs.[14]
Crowe took his first step to playing first-class cricket by playing at club level at the age of 49 (he was due to debut much earlier, but was delayed due to a groin injury). He played for the Cornwall reserve grade team, captaining them and batting at No.3 against Papatoetoe in a second-division club match in Auckland.[15]
Personal life
In 2009 Crowe married former Miss Universe Lorraine Downes.[16]
In 2010, Crowe set up College 1st XV Rugby on the Rugby Channel which is still being covered weekly during New Zealand winters.
On 15 October 2012, it was revealed that Crowe had been diagnosed with lymphoma.[17] He blamed the illness on a failing immune system, weakened by various illnesses picked up while touring the world in the 1980s and 1990s.
On 5 June 2013, Crowe announced that he was free of cancer on Campbell Live, but he would cut his ties with cricket, as he was a self-proclaimed "recovering addict to cricket, much like an alcoholic".[18] Crowe says he wore a 'mask' from the age of 22, due to high expectations, but at the age of 51 was happy to 'look at the real me'.[19]
In 2014, Crowe announced that the lymphoma had returned and subsequently indicated that his chances of survival beyond 12 months were less than 5% and also of his wish to see the 2015 Cricket World Cup in February and March 2015.[20]
Statistics
- In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
- The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.
Test Centuries
Martin Crowe's Test Centuries[21] | |||||||
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# | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
1 | 100 | 8 | England | Wellington, New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 1984 | Drawn |
2 | 188 | 21 | West Indies | Georgetown, Guyana | Bourda | 1985 | Drawn |
3 | 188 | 24 | Australia | Brisbane, Australia | The Gabba | 1985 | Won |
4 | 137 | 28 | Australia | Christchurch, New Zealand | Lancaster Park | 1986 | Drawn |
5 | 106 | 30 | England | London, England | Lord's | 1986 | Drawn |
6 | 119 | 33 | West Indies | Wellington, New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 1987 | Drawn |
7 | 104 | 34 | West Indies | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 1987 | Lost |
8 | 137 | 38 | Australia | Adelaide, Australia | Adelaide Oval | 1987 | Drawn |
9 | 143 | 39 | England | Wellington, New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 1988 | Drawn |
10 | 174 | 40 | Pakistan | Wellington, New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 1989 | Drawn |
11 | 113 | 45 | India | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 1990 | Drawn |
12 | 108* | 50 | Pakistan | Lahore, Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium | 1990 | Lost |
13 | 299 | 52 | Sri Lanka | Wellington, New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 1991 | Drawn |
14 | 140 | 58 | Zimbabwe | Harare, Zimbabwe | Harare Sports Club | 1992 | Won |
15 | 107 | 60 | Sri Lanka | Colombo, Sri Lanka | Sinhalese Sports Club | 1992 | Lost |
16 | 142 | 66 | England | London, England | Lord's | 1994 | Drawn |
17 | 115 | 67 | England | Manchester, England | Old Trafford | 1994 | Drawn |
One Day International Centuries
Martin Crowe's One Day International Centuries[22] | |||||||
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# | Runs | Match | Against | City/Country | Venue | Year | Result |
1 | 105* | 15 | England | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 1984 | Won |
2 | 104 | 83 | India | Dunedin, New Zealand | Carisbrook | 1990 | Won |
3 | 100* | 114 | Australia | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 1992 | Won |
4 | 107* | 140 | India | Jamshedpur, India | Keenan Stadium | 1995 | Won |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Player Profile: Martin Crowe". CricInfo. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ↑ http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-series/cricket-news/67728/world-cup-heroes-martin-crowe-inspires-small-teams-to-dream-big
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38118.html
- ↑ Crowe attended Auckland Grammar School and made his first class debut for Auckland against Canturbury aged 17. He scored 51. "Russell Crowe Russell Crowe Revealed... the Hollywood actor's family ties with Wrexham.". BBC News. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ↑ "Player Profile: Martin Crowe". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ↑ "Test matches – Highest partnerships for any wicket". CricInfo. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ↑ "High scores – New Zealand – Test matches". CricInfo. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ↑ "Inzamam misses record in farewell". London: BBC News. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
- ↑ http://www.cricinfo.com/talk/content/multimedia/282529.html
- ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 52768, 30 December 1991. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ↑ "Martin Crowe". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ↑ "Cricket Max – The Game Invented By Martin Crowe". CricInfo. 2 February 1996. Retrieved 30 May 2009.
- ↑ Raghav Ramaiah (24 October 2008). "Martin Crowe leaves RCB, Jennings brought in". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ↑ Cleaver, Dylan (20 May 2011). "Martin Crowe returning to first class cricket?". nzherald. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ Martin Crowe to begin comeback in club match CricketNext. Retrieved 4 November 2011
- ↑ Milne, Rebecca. (15 February 2009). "One flew into Crowe's nest". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ↑ "Martin Crowe diagnosed with lymphoma". The New Zealand Herald. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ Campbell Live - Martin Crowe on life, cricket and cancer
- ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/693959.html
- ↑ "A year of triumph and disaster". ESPN Cricinfo. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ Statsguru: Martin Crowe, Cricinfo, 3 March 2015.
- ↑ Statsguru: Martin Crowe, Cricinfo, 3 March 2015.
External links
- Player profile: Martin Crowe from ESPNcricinfo
- Player Profile: Martin Crowe from Cricket Archive
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Preceded by John Wright |
New Zealand national cricket captain 1990/1–1992/3 |
Succeeded by Ken Rutherford |
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