Martin Crowe (cricketer)

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Martin Crowe
Martin Crowe 2011.jpg
Martin Crowe (2011)
Player information
Surname Martin David Crowe
Born September 22, 1962
Henderson , New Zealand
Died March 3, 2016 at the age of 53,
Auckland , New Zealand
Batting style Right handed
Bowling style Right-handed medium bowler
Player role Batsman
International games
National team New Zealand New Zealand
Test debut (cap 77) February 26, 1982 v  AustraliaAustralia
Last test November 8, 1995 v  IndiaIndia
ODI debut (cap 143) February 13, 1982 v  AustraliaAustralia
Last ODI November 26, 1995 v  IndiaIndia
National teams
Years team
1979-1983 Auckland
1983-1990 Central Districts
1984-1988 Summer set
1990-1995 Wellington
Career statistics
Game form Testing ODI FC LA
Games 77 143 247 261
Runs (total) 5,444 4704 19,608 8740
Batting average 45.36 38.55 56.02 38.16
100s / 50s 17/18 4/34 71/80 11/59
Highscore 299 107 * 299 155 *
Balls 1377 954 4010 2859
Wickets 14th 29 119 99
Bowling Average 48.28 32.89 33.69 28.87
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4th 0
10 wickets in play 0 n / A - n / A
Best bowling performance 2-25 2-9 5-18 4-24
Catches / stumpings 71 / - 66 / - 226 / - 196 / -
Source: [1] , March 3, 2016

Martin David Crowe , MBE (born September 22, 1962 in Henderson , New Zealand , † March 3, 2016 in Auckland , New Zealand) was a New Zealand cricketer , commentator and author. He was the 1985 Wisden Cricketer of the Year and was considered one of the best batsmen in the world in his youth. He was right-handed and played for the New Zealand national cricket team from the early 1980s to 1996 . In the early days of his career he was a medium pace bowler. He was the captain of the national team in the early 1990s and brought many innovations in the process such as spin bowler as the first bowler.

Athletic career

His father, Dave Crowe, and his mother played cricket. His brother Jeff Crowe was also used as a cricket captain for New Zealand. He was a cousin of actor Russell Crowe .

Crowe has played for four national cricket teams : the Auckland cricket team , the Central Districts cricket team , Somerset County Cricket Club (England) and the Wellington cricket team . He achieved nearly 20,000 runs and 71 results from at least 100 runs in first-class cricket . His average of 56.02 runs is one of the highest in first-class cricket.

Crowe played 77 Test cricket games with an average of 45.65 as a batsman. These included 17 results over 100 and 18 over 50. He also played 143 One Day International cricket matches averaging 38.55 with four results over 100 and 34 over 50. In 1991, his partnership with Andrew Jones scored 467 runs, a record in the Test Cricket at this point. Crowe was eliminated on 299 runs, the best result for a New Zealander in Test cricket, until Brendon McCullum hit 300 runs in 2014.

He scored the most runs in the 1992 Cricket World Cup .

In the 1992 New Year Honors List, Crowe was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his services in cricket. On February 28, 2015, Crowe was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Time after his active career

After the end of his active career, Crowe developed a variant of the game called Cricket Max . He worked as a television commentator and analyst. He was on the board of directors of South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club. He was the CEO of the Royal Challengers Bangalore , a team in the Indian Premier League . The owner of the team Vijay Mallya was not satisfied with the team's performance and is said to have blamed Crowe and the rest of the management for it.

Return as a player

On May 19, 2011, Crowe announced that he would like to improve his fitness by working to get back to first class cricket. He said he was only three games short of 250 games and 392 short of 20,000 runs.

Crowe played on a reserve team at the same club that his father had played for when he was 49.

Life

From 1991 to 1996 Crowe was married to Simone Curtice for the first time. He had an illegitimate daughter from a relationship with Suzanne Taylor. Since 2009, Crowe was married to Lorraine Downes, a former Miss Universe , a second marriage .

illness

On October 15, 2012, it was announced that Crowe had malignant lymphoma . On June 5, 2013, he announced that he was cured of cancer but would say goodbye to cricket.

In 2014, Crowe announced that the disease had broken out again and that his chances of survival were less than 5% for more than twelve months. He died as a result of his illness in Auckland on March 3, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Martin Crowe (cricketer)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Player Profile: Martin Crowe on CricInfo.
  2. ↑ World Cup Heroes: Martin Crowe inspires small teams to dream big on cricbuzz.com
  3. ↑ Dipak Patel on espncricinfo.com
  4. ↑ Peter Mason: Martin Crowe obituary. In: The Guardian March 3, 2016, accessed March 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Player Profile: Martin Crowe In: Cricket Archive
  6. ^ Test matches - Highest partnerships for any wicket on CricInfo.
  7. ^ High scores - New Zealand - Test matches on CricInfo.
  8. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: No. , 30 December 1991 In: The London Gazette No. 52768, 30 December 1991.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.london-gazette.co.uk
  9. ↑ Martin Crowe on Cricinfo (Adobe Flash Player required).
  10. ↑ Cricket Max - The Game Invented By Martin Crowe on CricInfo.
  11. ^ Raghav Ramaiah: Martin Crowe leaves RCB, Jennings brought in ( Memento of August 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on Stuff.co.nz, October 24, 2008.
  12. ↑ Dylan Cleaver Martin Crowe returning to first class cricket? In: The New Zealand Herald May 20, 2011.
  13. ↑ Martin Crowe to begin comeback in club match. CricketNext.
  14. ↑ Martin Crowe Tribute on youtube.com
  15. ^ Martin Crowe diagnosed with lymphoma In: The New Zealand Herald October 15, 2012.
  16. ↑ Campbell Live - Martin Crowe on life, cricket and cancer ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on 3news.co.nz @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.3news.co.nz
  17. ↑ CNews World: Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe dies aged 53 - HD Videos. ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on cnewsworld.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cnewsworld.com
  18. ↑ Martin Crowe dies aged 53 on ESPN Cricinfo.
personal data
SURNAME Crowe, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crowe, Martin David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand cricketer and sports journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Henderson , New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 2016
Place of death Auckland , New Zealand