5 memorable moments from Martin Crowe's career
The cricketing fraternity has suffered a huge loss with the passing away of Martin Crowe at the age of 53. Crowe was a fighter on the field and off it too, as he proved during his prolonged battle against cancer before finally succumbing to it.The former New Zealand skipper was perhaps the greatest batsman to have ever represented his country. Both as a batsman and a captain, Crowe was largely successful in taking his team to newer heights.Widely regarded as one of the best tacticians in the game, he used innovations that had never even been thought of earlier. With more than 5000 Test runs at an average of slightly over 45, Marin Crowe was easily the most prolific Kiwi batsman.Here are 5 memorable moments which highlighted Crowe's glittering career:
#1 The 1992 World Cup
Although Pakistan turned out to be the eventual champions in the 1992 World Cup, it was a tournament which completely belonged to Martin Crowe and the New Zealand side led by him.Two key decisions made by Martin Crowe as captain defined a superb performance by the Kiwis as they made it to the semi-finals.
One of them was to promote big-hitting batsman Mark Greatbatch to the opener's slot to give the innings much-needed impetus right from the start. The other tactic which worked wonders for New Zealand was Crowe asking off-spinner Dipak Patel to open the bowling as it managed to surprise the opposition team.
Martin Crowe was the highest run-scorer in the tournament with 456 runs and grabbed the prestigious 'Man of the Series' award.