Martin Crowe RIP

killerandflash

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/32680286

Sadly he's lost his battle with cancer, only 53.

Bangkokaddick

Top player. RIP

The_President

wow - so young.
top batsman too.

DamoNorthStand

Remember him scoring a century at Lords when his knees were so knackered he could hardly stand up. True guts there.

Cancer - you are such an utter bastard.

ricky_otto

Bloody hell not another one.

Rip .

Blackheathen

Quality batsman and a joy to watch. Cann't understand why he wasn't knighted along with other top NZ sportspeople like Richard Hadlee, Susan Devoy and hosts of rugby players. His abiding wish was to be around for the ODI World Cup in New Zealand last year and he lasted well past that milestone.

RIP

Redmidland

RIP sir, condolences to family and friends....he was a great batsman!!

Addick Addict

The best NZ batsmen of his era and possibly their all time greatest.

RIP Martin

Brendan_O_Connell

RIP

SantaClaus

Shitty disease. RIP.

happyvalley

RIP one of the very best.

CHG

RIP, a truly great bat.

msomerton

A great New Zealand cricketer who brought a lot of joy to watching cricket. RIP.

uie2

RIP

Bedsaddick

Very Sad - RIP

Algarveaddick

So sad to hear that. RIP

mid_life_crisis

Wonderful batsman. RIP Martin.

HantsAddick

Another one to cancer. Far too young. R.I.P. Martin.

Lincsaddick

R I P

Bermuda_red

RIP - Great batsman

Pedro45

RIP. My fave story about him was when he was caught in bed with Adan Parore during the 92 World Cup.

soapy_jones

RIP great player for the black caps

flyingkiwiDK

One of my cricketing heroes. Really saddened by this news. RIP you kiwi legend

LenGlover

Arguably the best New Zealand batsman of all time.

Sutcliffe, Turner, Williamson are the only other contenders I can think of off the top of my head.

RIP

boogica

RIP great batsman

Addictedoldgit

A joy to watch him batting. R.I.P

Blackheathen

LenGlover said:

Arguably the best New Zealand batsman of all time.

Sutcliffe, Turner, Williamson are the only other contenders I can think of off the top of my head.

RIP

Totally agree with the first two (a little bit early to include Williamson imo)

Is there an English batsman to compare? Colin Cowdrey comes to mind in the "masterclass batsman" category.

addicktom

Fantastic and very elegant batsman. Brings back memories of the first summer that I fell in love with cricket and New Zealand were touring. RIP