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Martin Crowe has succumbed to the lymphoma he's been battling with these last few years.
I watched every ball of his maiden 100 v England in 1983/84, his match-saver (with John Wright) v West Indies in 1986/87 & his 299 v Sri Lanka in 1990/91; also a stunning 80-odd in awful conditions v Zimbabwe during the '92 CWC; and carting Shane Warne to all corners of Pukekura Park (it's a small ground esp square, but the hitting was impressive nonetheless) in his 1993/94 comeback from knee surgery.
I never got to see Glen Turner bat, much less Bert Sutcliffe or Martin Donnelly, but he was easily the best NZ batsman I've seen, albeit Kane Williamson looks set to surpass him.
I'll post some of the YouTube tributes that are sure to posted in the next few days.
I watched every ball of his maiden 100 v England in 1983/84, his match-saver (with John Wright) v West Indies in 1986/87 & his 299 v Sri Lanka in 1990/91; also a stunning 80-odd in awful conditions v Zimbabwe during the '92 CWC; and carting Shane Warne to all corners of Pukekura Park (it's a small ground esp square, but the hitting was impressive nonetheless) in his 1993/94 comeback from knee surgery.
I never got to see Glen Turner bat, much less Bert Sutcliffe or Martin Donnelly, but he was easily the best NZ batsman I've seen, albeit Kane Williamson looks set to surpass him.
I'll post some of the YouTube tributes that are sure to posted in the next few days.