In his first Test innings on Aussie soil, Martin Crowe struck an elegant 188, his third Test ton, to put New Zealand into a dominant position in Brisbane, 1985.
"the toughest batsmen I've ever bowled too" - Wasim Akram When u have a bowler of Wasim's caliber say something like that, you know the batsman was particularly special
From what I've seen through crowe footages, he's a class apart His batting is very pleasurable to the eyes and heard he was the most popular kiwi cricketer in his time who had a huge aura and to top this all he also fought against the deadly cancer. RIP crowe 👑
I remember seeing swathes of this series as a young Aussie boy on tv - the Australian team was absolutely terrible at the time and the New Zealanders took full advantage of that with a very, very professional and competent team - Hadlee, Crowe, Reid, Chatfield, Coney - great team that made Australia respect them on Australian soil.
Yes. They had Wayne Phillips, the wicket keeper opening the batting then. Kepler Wessels retired during the mid series complaining of discrimination for being a non Australian in the side, after the first test. They also had some inexperienced batsmen like Robbie Kerr who lost his place soon & some seniors like David Hookes & Greg Ritchie who were not pulling their weight around while playing. In bowling Geoff Lawson & Craig McDermott were burnt out from overwork while Dave Gilbert was mediocre. Bob Holland was 40 plus & effective only in Sydney. Ray Bright was a mere support bowler. The first 5 years after the retirement of Chappell, Lillee & Marsh were the toughest for the Aussies.
The definition of changing gears as a top order batsman.... essential ingredient. There's a point at the end of the end of the day where Crowe's aggression has put NZ right on top. The bowling gets a bit slower .... the line is a bit off and Crowes reactions look fast.
Why, what did he do to deserve that? He did score a century in the Aus 2nd innigs along with Allan Border. He scored another against India in the next series. The last of his tons came against WI in 1992-93, when he said that he'd gladly swap it for 5 wickets instead!
He had a bad game. They brought him back at 38 years old for the 84/85 series against the West Indies and his bowling helped Australia win a game I think.
@@invisiblemaninvisibleman2097 You think you know cricket? Based on averages? Guys like Martin Crowe , gavaskar , viv and Barry richards and Miandad were much tougher batsman to bowl to in test then sachin or Lara
