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Full name Martin David Crowe
Born September 22, 1962, Henderson, Auckland
Current age 45 years 350 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.
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