Published: Mar 03, 2016, 11:25 AM (IST)
Edited: Mar 03, 2016, 04:22 PM (IST)
New Zealand cricket legend Martin Crowe, widely regarded as country’s greatest batsman passed away on Thursday in Auckland surrounded by family. In September 2014, he was diagnosed with terminal double-hit lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer. He made a presence in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 final, hoping for a New Zealand victory. The news of his death caused a lot of grief to the cricket fraternity and even beyond. Martin Crowe: 14 facts about the New Zealand batting great
Crowe enjoyed a successful international career from 1982 to 1995. He led New Zealand to the semi-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 1992. He ended his career with a Test average of 45.36 and highest score of 299. Having notched up 17 hundreds, he still holds the record for the most hundreds.
Crowe was not just a cricket great but a visionary. Post his retirement he devised a new ultra-short form of the game called Cricket Max for his new employer Sky Television, and that can be regarded as the predecessor of Twenty20 cricket. He was a fine writer and analyst, and mentored current New Zealand stars Ross Taylor and Martin Guptill. He was an ICC Hall of Fame inductee.
A first cousin of Crowe, Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe also paid his tribute with a tweet. Both shared a wonderful camaraderie. On this tragic occasion, we present you some tweets from the cricket fraternity:
Devastated to hear of the passing of Martin Crowe. Here’s a little tribute: https://t.co/jaOch4tftX #MartinCrowe pic.twitter.com/5Ta6SfKYn2
— simon hughes (@theanalyst) March 3, 2016
Sad to hear about the passing away of Martin Crowe. A wonderful player who I grew up watching and admired. My condolences to his family!
— Mahela Jayawardena (@MahelaJay) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe.A great batsman who I used to watch & enjoy batting in my young age.@BLACKCAPS &all of us wil mis u pic.twitter.com/pbYfgJe7Me
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe – a good bloke and one of the most stylish batsmen to grace a cricket field. #hoganhero
— Derek Pringle (@derekpringle) March 3, 2016
A truly sad day #RIPMartinCrowe pic.twitter.com/nLB9DUSsv8
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) March 3, 2016
My champion, my hero, my friend. I will love you forever. RIP M.D.Crowe . pic.twitter.com/PHynH9RNQ7
— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) March 3, 2016
So sad to hear the news that Martin Crowe has pass away. Rest in peace and rise in glory mate. We have loss a great player.
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RIP Martin Crowe,don’t feel like belittling your greatness by talking about it after your https://t.co/w8HwZE11qr will miss you.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) March 3, 2016
Saddened to hear of the passing of a great cricketer Martin Crowe – the best New Zealand captain I played against. — Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe. A very sad day. Thoughts are with friends and family. pic.twitter.com/cfbPHHmSl3 — Grant Elliott (@grantelliottnz) March 3, 2016
Very sad to hear the passing of Martin Crowe. One of the very best batsman to watch. Thoughts with all his family and friends — Ashley Giles (@Gilo) March 3, 2016
The Dutch boys showing their respect for the legend Martin Crowe. #putyourbatsout #Legend pic.twitter.com/U9YYe55aIv
— Maxwell O’Dowd (@Maxiboi23) March 3, 2016
With more Test runs & 100s here than anyone else, this was a special place for him & all who loved to watch him play pic.twitter.com/e4tJ8UScXe — Basin Reserve (@BasinReserve) March 3, 2016
Rest in Peace Martin Crowe – a hero for so many my age growing up in NZ, he was the reason a lot of us played & watched cricket #hogan
— James Franklin (@jecfranklin) March 3, 2016
Sad to hear kiwi cricket icon Martin Crowe is no more …my thoughts n prayers r with family n friends #RIPMartinCrowe — zaheer khan (@ImZaheer) March 3, 2016
Saddened to hear about the passing of Martin Crowe. One of my heroes growing up. Will always remember our round at Royal Auckland #legend — Greg Blewett (@blewy214) March 3, 2016
Saddened to hear about the passing of Martin Crowe. One of my heroes growing up. Will always remember our round at Royal Auckland #legend
— Greg Blewett (@blewy214) March 3, 2016
Gutted to wake up to hear of the passing away of Martin Crowe…A player & person I hugely admired .. A true great of the game .. #RIPHogan — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe….! condolences to the family and friends — Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) March 3, 2016
Very sad to hear about Martin Crowe. My deepest condolences to his family and friends. RIP legend
— ajinkyarahane88 (@ajinkyarahane88) March 3, 2016
Sad news. Condolences to his family and friends.#RIPMartinCrowe — Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa) March 3, 2016
Very very sad news to wake up to. Great player & a great man #RIPMartinCrowe https://t.co/yTynIVv0Jk
— Alec Stewart (@StewieCricket) March 3, 2016
R.I.P Martin Crowe. What a player he was for @BLACKCAPS — Alviro Petersen (@AlviroPetersen) March 3, 2016
Another great person lost to cancer! Our thoughts are with Martin Crowe’s family & friends today. #RIPMartinCrowe — Paul Wilson (@blockerwilson) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe, an absolute legend and an iconic star for the @BLACKCAPS My deepest condolences to his family and friends. — Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 3, 2016
Until we meet again Hogan. Love Tuisi pic.twitter.com/gXJCWlvaCa — Ross Taylor (@RossLTaylor) March 3, 2016
Heartfelt condolences to family and fans of #MartinCrowe. Great cricketer and a fighter till the very end. — sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 3, 2016
Heartfelt condolences to family and fans of #MartinCrowe. Great cricketer and a fighter till the very end. — sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 3, 2016
Today we lost a legend of our game. Not only was he a great sportsman but more importantly a… https://t.co/Fdd3yrv9cS — Martin Guptill (@Martyguptill) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe. Sad to hear about you. Great cricketer and outstanding captain. You will be missed! — Sanath Jayasuriya (@sanath07) March 3, 2016
Rest in Peace Martin Crowe. — Jason Holder (@Jaseholder98) March 3, 2016
New Zealand Cricket is deeply saddened at the passing of our country’s greatest batsman, Martin David Crowe, aged 53 pic.twitter.com/UGk75OFMW5 — BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) March 3, 2016
Very sad to hear about the passing of Martin Crowe!! Thoughts and prayers with his family and loved ones! True legend and great man! RIP — Neil Wagner (@NeilWagner13) March 3, 2016
Just heard the news of Martin Crowe’s passing. Brilliant player and ambassador for our game. Sympathies to Jeff and the family. #Hogan — Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) March 3, 2016
Rest in peace Martin Crowe. A wonderful batsmen and a man with courage and conviction. Inspired generations of batsmen around the world. — Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe !!! One of the best !!! — Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) March 3, 2016
Saddened to hear about the demise of 1 of my favourite batsman #MartinCrowe A great technician&an astute reader of the game.May his soul RIP — VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) March 3, 2016
Rest peacefully mate. I only knew you as the authentic and caring mentor. My life was fuller for… https://t.co/6MGnRzE3Mu — Ed Cowan (@eddiecowan) March 3, 2016
You will always be a legend in my eyes. Thank you for all your help and advice. Now you can rest… https://t.co/3reRARCCnA — Michael Clarke (@MClarke23) March 3, 2016
Saddened to hear about the passing of one of our greats Martin Crowe.. Thoughts are with family, friends and the entire cricketing community — Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) March 3, 2016
So sad to hear that Martin Crowe has passed away. He gave me my first TV job & I could not thank him enough. Team mate and friend. RIPHogan — Simon Doull (@Sdoull) March 3, 2016
Sorry to hear of Martin Crowe’s passing. Condolences to his family. — ian bishop (@irbishi) March 3, 2016
Sad news hearing that Martin Crowe has passed away. RIP Hogan. — Jesse Ryder (@DijaRyder) March 3, 2016
Such sad news to hear the passing of another legend of the game. #RIPCrowe pic.twitter.com/iT0rVbkIHj — Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) March 3, 2016
A modern great & Ckt icon MCrowe is no more.Brilliant Ckt brain & a warm persona.Condolences 2 family, Jeff & @BLACKCAPS.Ckt will miss him. — Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) March 3, 2016
Deeply saddened to hear that Martin Crowe has passed away, master batsman & one of the great thinkers in our game. #RIPHogan — Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) March 3, 2016
I’m very sad to hear that Martin Crowe has passed away. #great-man — Phillip Defreitas (@cricketdaffy) March 3, 2016
I’m very sad to hear that Martin Crowe has passed away. #great-man — Phillip Defreitas (@cricketdaffy) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe, thoughts with family and friends — Luke Ronchi (@ronchi04) March 3, 2016
So sad to hear news of Martin Crowe passing away. For those of us who grew up watching cricket in the 80s, we owe him immensely #RIPCROWE — Scott Styris (@scottbstyris) March 3, 2016
Very sad to hear of the passing of martin crowe this morning. An inspiration to me and so many others. One of our true greats. RIP hogan — Stephen Fleming (@SPFleming7) March 3, 2016
So sad to hear the passing of Martin Crowe. One of the games greats on and off the field. My thoughts with family and friends. #martincrowe — Damien Martyn (@damienmartyn) March 3, 2016
RIP Hogan! — Hamish Rutherford (@HDRutherford17) March 3, 2016
RIP Martin Crowe you will always be remembered. You were the BEST I ever bowled against and a top human being. #Gonetoosoon #RIPMartinCrowe — Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) March 3, 2016
Very sad to wake up to the news that Martin “Hogan” Crowe has passed away…!! One of the best to play the wonderful game !! RIP — Ian Botham (@BeefyBotham) March 3, 2016
@BLACKCAPS So sad to here about the passing of Martin Crow today. Our thoughts and condolences to the Crow family. What a player he was RIP — Allan Donald (@AllanDonald33) March 3, 2016
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