My XI - Wasim Akram: Martin Crowe - 'Back then, only he knew how to play reverse swing'
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2012
- Wasim Akram picks the eleven toughest batsmen he bowled to. Part three: Martin Crowe frustrated Wasim Akram plenty after figuring out how to play his dangerous swing
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RIP Martin Crowe. Loved watching you bat. Fan from India.
RIP Martin Crowe, as a little kid in Pakistan one of my most cherished memory is 1992 world cup where you dominated every single team with your flawless batting.
You are a cricketing and humane role model to all of us,
I agree, I cherish the 1992 memories too. However I was heartbroken by Inzamam......What an innings under huge pressure in that semi.. We still talk about 92 and Inzamam in NZ.
RIP martin
1992 world cup had a great memory of Martin. Legend: (
I always felt Crowe and Inzamam were under appreciated during their era. When best XI's are usually compiled for this era those two inexplicably get overlooked, wrongly in my mind.
I agree, as i'm sure you're aware they both came across each other in an absolute classic at Eden Park in the 1992 semi - what a game... Crowe, in his prime, Inzaman a young, brash, fearless, extremely talented batsman......But he broke my heart that day as an 11 year old, I still feel it just a little...All respect to the man. NZ'ers still talk about Inzamam and 1992
If Crowe had been Australian he would have an average 7-8 runs higher and be recognised as one of the all time greats. Instead he played a lot of cricket in NZ on NZ pitches against WI, Pakistan (Akram and Younis) , and against Australia in Australia. Due to weak NZ batting, he was always in early against quality bowling attacks and often relied on to hold the batting together. His technique was flawless - unparalleled.
Very true my friend
I think the same could be said of Aravinda De Silva and Andy Flower too. Although Flowers average is impressive.
@@sugs1191 When i think of Aravinda I always remember how he came out and calmly put Australia away in that 96 final. It was such a masterful innings and he didn't look troubled at all....He is a man that statistics do no justice to I think.
underrated, in a weaker test country- a rare pick in these XIs
Legend acknowledges another legend. Mere reason why i still attached to this beautiful game,even with present day plethora of bang bang high octane type cricket. So rarely you sees this type of cricket in this era.
That was such an serious legendary stuff high level of thinking and mentally needed to do this
He stood on a ball during fielding practice and basically destroyed his knee. The result was he ended up with no cartilage in one knee which really hampered his movement for the remainder of his career. He could barely run and it affected his technique which used to involve a lot of small late "dance" steps around the crease.
I feel privilege to have seen matin play in Christchurch! What an amazing batsman! Like wasim said he had so much time! Rip mr Crowe
A legend to a legend
Loved watching Waseem and the rest of the Pakistan cricket team when they would come to NZ. Waseem was just a great player
Richard hadlee and martin crowe most underrated players
Martin Crowe.. Batting at its best!! Such a supreme Batsman!
Talented family the Crowes. His brother Jeff captained NZs test side and later managed the Black Caps. Their first cousin is the famous Hollywood actor Russel Crowe.
Wow
High DNA family
RIP Martin great childhood memories has given me in 1992 world cup,..
Wasim sir ... you are the legend.
His technique was right out of a coaching manual, had all the shots, could hand the best bowlers with ease...
I like that you always mentioned your legendary partner waquar. Though i am srilankan and pair of you destroy our top order including Roshan Mahanama, I loved to watch you 2 bowling.You with relatively short run up. waquar and shoib almost start runup from boundary line. I dont know how Pakistan produce such talented fast bowlers.
priyankara wimalaweera it was charm of Imran khan. With long hair, handsome personality and attractive bowling styles plus Imran look like a movie star with a strong mind and heart to bat against strong Westindian pace attack and he had very good speed in his bowling he was no 3 after Jeff Thomson’s and Michael holding and at one time he was no 1 . Not only Imran khan was an excellent bowler he also made centuries . All the Pakistani bowlers were inspired by Imran khan but Pakistan never produce other alrounder like him . Waseem, Waqar and shoaib were just bowlers. The four great alrounder were Imran khan, Kapil deve , Botham, and Richard Headly . In the history of cricket their records are unique among these four Imran khan and kapil dave won the World Cup too. So Pakistani fast bowlers are just bowelers not all rounders like above 4.
He was silky smooth. As an Aussie, painful to watch. Am I right that his career was cut short a little with some ailment? I'd put him up there in my top ten of all time. His technique was impeccable.
His knee was badly damaged as a teenager playing rugby. He was an ace winger, playing for Kelston Boys 1st 15, when Graham Henry, later All Black coach, was coach - and headmaster of the school. Martin told Henry his knee was injured, and Henry gave him a look that said, don't let the team down. So he played and wrecked it more, and it hampered his career, especially towards the end when he was playing with a full metal leg-brace. Even so, if he had played for a champion team like Australia he may well have averaged 50+
John de Jong correction Martin played for Auckland Grammar - team mate of future all black legend Grant Fox. But yeah it was Henry coaching him... and a great pity that he succumbed to that injury at a relatively young age
@@keithmilbank thanks mates for knowing me all this I'm a kid from now generation where Smith, kholi, Williamson and root are considered to be best.
Martin Crowe could play any type of bowling and any bowler. Whether it was express pace, spin or swing. He had great success against the West Indies pace attack of the 80's, also Shane Warne, Younis and Akram. He always looked flawless when scoring his runs, one of the most stylish batsmen ever. His batting average was creeping pretty close to 50 before the knee injury got the better of him, ultimately forcing his retirement at a fairly young age - 30 I think.....
A fun fact, he was also a pretty quick bowler in his younger days before a back injury got the better of him. He once dismissed Larry Gomes of the West Indies with a bouncer in a test match!!
RIP Martin Crowe. One of my favorites growing up in the 80s.
No backlift,great timer,great eye,caressed,swatted and pressed from the middle/meat ,off the bat....in control,in sync,elegant,didnt overhit the ball,let his wrists spoon the ball off the bat,almost effortless,could glide the ball of bat,Original and unique....Underrated when compared to the greats because he played for NZ...
Martin Crowe is simply a LEGEND The GREATEST NZ BATSMEN of All Time
Love you mr. Crowe . . And love you Wasim Bhai . . Love all around . . From Hindusthaan .
RIP Martin Crowe :(
R.I.P Martin Crowe
I remember in 1992 , Martin crow first time seen muralidarn . I was 14 years and that era my hero was Gavin larsen ,,, ( Dont laugh he is a gentle medium pace with swing and accuracy ) Martin crow was known by in one test match he got out first ball for duck.... then i thought "who is that ....john wright , Ken Ratherford are much better " because they played slightly well... during second inning martin came and smash a hundred and we didnt know until he score a hundred because it was seamless , effortless batting exibiton , Same style batting i have seen from Hansie Cronje ,,, the invener of slog sweep mostly used to smash murali , i think darrel cullinun also did the same
Very interesting, we always enjoyed Pakistan’s visits in those days, magic.
wow. Perfect advice!
Whatever little gully cricket I played, I used to imitate Martin Crowe and Dilip Vengsarkar style 🤣 Martin Crowe is among the greatest Cricketers 👏
Martin crow & Mark Greatbatch is always my favourite batsmen in era.
great player.Had a beautiful chance to take the world cup in 1992 for NZ.Played a gem of an innings...But Pakistan won the thriller and shattered NZ hopes....Nice to hear Wasim speak about Martin
Yeah, I agree, that was a fantastic innings. I'm still hurting from that 1992 semi final.....But what an inning from Inzamam.
I was his balance that impressed me. Head over the ball hitting through the line.
Very honest human being wasim and crowe
Rip Martin Crowe, sad news
Martin crow is my favorite cricketer
knowing a technique in words is one thing. Applying it is a complete different matter. There is a very good reason there are not many Sunil Gavaskars around.
Overrated to Hell,There were many better players than him even in his era.
@@kunalsingh3121 there goes your cricketing knowledge going down the drain, comparing eras based on stats,even in those SunnyG is the best opener for India and one of the best of best in the world and then you call in the conditions of the pitch,real pitches not the drop in formality, spin of India bounce of SA and Australia,grass of NZ and England and the calypso of WI,not to forget the reverse swing of Pakistani,he played it all and was still on top,those small bat with their thin edges,now the edges are thicker than the middle bat thickness of that era,those long boundaries,not so fast outfield,even then his records are greater than so called modern greats,best avg for India in 4th inning and he actually won us test matches in WI and England and Australia,he is underated in every manner that the current generation think that the present is the best,it is good,but the great sunny G did it all by in his sunny days,in test matches
@@sunset1394 Lol another fool 😂😂😂😂 spotted and better call Sunil or Sunny most idiotic way people in India and Asia in General use to show their respect. Most of the people who rates him are the ones who rarely saw him play overrated doesnt mean that he was not a Great, he was indeed but he was nowhere in league of Viv Richards who is Greatest batsman in last 50 years or Modern day Greats like Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar, Even his own team mates like Amarnath and Gundappa were better than him on their day against better bowling line ups. As for Winning against West Indies and Australia i laugh sometimes how naive peoples are. The one game where West Indies let India chased 400, at the time they were yet to unleash their fearsome quatret, Only Mikki Holding was there who too was only 22 and do you know What happened in next test, Your Sunny G was part of team that surrender test match due to too many bouncers, Now dont say everyone would have done that Windies copped far worst behaviour and hostile bowling in Australia in 1975-76 against Lillee,Thomson,Glimour etc. When playing against all of Windies quicks he avg 29, He struggled against Dennis Lillee throught and his only 100 against New Zeland came when Hadlee wasnt there. Leave that alone he indeed was a Great player evident from fact that he played fast bowling well but nah he wasnt in league of Viv Richards. He is more about legends than Cricket history like the most funny his 13 centuries against West Indies quatret.
Level of stupidity in this comment is for ages Bounce in South Africa???? Really ??? South africa were banned during 1970 to 1992 and calling me that i have poor knowledge of game, LMAO.
Martin Crowe Gem Cricketer
Kaav kaav crowe was really a martin of the jungle.
Master class Arvinda disilva
Salute to MARTIN CROWE
Gold.
Wasim was a bad ass bowler
Why such a great batsman like Crowe has below 50 average in Test? He scored in every conditions with every opponents well.
Arun Maiti he started too early and his career was cut short with a bad knee injury.
He only played 77 tests,if he played 150 tests he could have been number one....Also the conditions in NZ where he played most of his cricket were difficult....ie a fifty was the equivalent of a hundred in Australia.....The ball moves around alot more,and does come onto the bat like it dies in Australia,and the boudaries are slower....so runs are harder to get etc....batting in OTAGO was like Antactica.....
@@thylacine1004
Nope ,
The longer one plays , the avg would come down.
If Bradman had played 100 tests ,he would have averaged 70.
@@Ven369k ,i agree with bradmans average coming down because it was so high.....but someone like crowe would be in high fifties if he go to play against bangledesh ie 12 inninngs at 70plus would have boosted the average somewhat....
Rip..
Yeah his knees were the problem which is a huge shame
Crowe was best🇮🇳
He was a legend rip my superstar crow love from India
Crow? 😕
Funny thing ,he never mentioned Sachin in this whole interview
because the interview is about Martin not Sachin
because the interview is about Martin not Sachin
My 11....shewag.sachin.martin crow.richards.kohli.msd.akram.mc grath.pollack.warne.murali.12th men youraj
Missing quality Pakistan cricket