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Martin David Crowe MBE (22 September 1962 – 3 March 2016) was a New Zealand cricketer, Test and ODI captain as well as a commentator. He played for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1982 and 1995, and is regarded as one of the country's greatest batsmen .
Crowe was born in Auckland, New Zealand.He is the son of Dave Crowe, and the elder brother of Martin Crowe.The Crowe brothers are cousins of Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe, whose father John Alexander Crowe is the brother of Dave Crowe; their grandfather John Doubleday Crowe, emigrated to New Zealand from Wrexham in Wales.
[4] [5] He was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for Test cricketer of the decade. Ian Chappell and Martin Crowe have ranked Williamson among the top four Test cricket batsmen, along with Joe Root, Steve Smith, Virat Kohli of the current era. [6] [7] [8]
New Zealand were captained by Martin Crowe while the Australians were captain by Allan Border. Before the first test, the tourists played in five tour matches, three first-class and two list A matches. In the first test which was played at the WACA Ground, centuries from Ian Healy, Mark Taylor and Andrew Jones would see the match end in a draw.
A right handed top order batsman, he has scored 48 centuries—33 in Tests and 15 in ODIs, which is the most scored by a New Zealand cricketer as of March 2025. In January 2015, former New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe noted that, "we're seeing the dawn of probably our greatest ever batsman" in Williamson. [1]
Sehwag reached his second triple-ton off only 278 balls, the fastest triple century in Test cricket, and his innings lasted 304 balls in total. The match ended in a draw. ^ The first ever Test triple hundred to be made against Sri Lanka, with the previous highest being Martin Crowe's 299. Khan brought up the milestone with a reverse sweep.
Martin Crowe set a new New Zealand record for the number of Test match catches during the innings, catching Richard Snell to pass Jeremy Coney's 64 catches. [12] Fannie De Villiers bowled "brilliantly" to reduce New Zealand to 34/5 in their second innings before lower order runs once again helped to raise their score to 194, a lead of over 300 ...
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia by 3 runs Final No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 650: 13 January Australia: Geoff Marsh New Zealand: Martin Crowe: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Australia by 6 wickets ODI 664: 15 January Australia: Geoff Marsh New Zealand: Martin Crowe: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne