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New Zealand

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Full name Martin David Crowe
Born September 22, 1962, Henderson, Auckland
Current age 46 years 201 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Central Districts, Somerset, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach, Commentator
Relations Father - DW Crowe, Brother - JJ Crowe

Batting and fielding averages 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

Bowling averages 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

Career statistics 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

Profile

A classical batsman with a wide range of shots and seemingly all the time in the world to play them, Martin Crowe came from a cricketing family - his father had played in the first-class game and brother Jeff represented New Zealand - and made his Test debut aged 19, quickly being tagged with the label of best young batsman in the world. He broke a series of record, despite being blighted by injuries which included a broken shin, back trouble, torn hamstrings and in latter years, serious knee injuries.

With Richard Hadlee, Crowe was at the heart of a New Zealand side which enjoyed considerable success in the 1980s After an excellent season at Somerset in 1984, he was lured back to lead the side in 1987. But it followed the departure of Viv Richards, Joel Garner and Ian Botham, and the spell there was not happy and was also blighted by some barbed media coverage of his private life.

Hadlee's retirement only served to increase the pressure on him, but in 1994 he led the line, almost hobbling at times, with 380 runs in three Tests against England. He carried on for another 18 months but the final few Tests were too much for his crumbling body.

After retiring, he took up as a commentator with Sky in New Zealand as well as heading their cricket coverage behind the scenes. He was also the man who came up with Cricket Max, for a time a success in New Zealand but a format which never caught on elsewhere.

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1985