Crowe, Martin (1962-2016), became New Zealand’s most consistent cricket batsman in the 1980’s. He was also known as a medium pace bowler. Crowe’s Test career began against Australia in 1982, when he was 19 years old. He scored 188 against the West Indies at Georgetown, Guyana, in 1985. He reached the same score against Australia at Brisbane in 1985.
Martin David Crowe was born on Sept. 22, 1962, in Henderson, Auckland. His older brother Jeff Crowe was also a New Zealand Test cricket captain. Martin Crowe first played for Auckland in 1979. Two years later, he started playing in England for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) staff. In 1982, he played for Bradford in the Yorkshire League. He played for Somerset from 1984 to 1988. In 1984, Crowe and Peter Roebuck achieved a record third-wicket partnership for Somerset of 319 runs. In 1988, he started playing for Central Districts, in New Zealand. He was made captain of the New Zealand cricket team in 1989, but a knee injury forced him into early retirement in the mid-1990’s. Crowe died on March 3, 2016.
