Martin crowe dies aged 53

An excellent player and captain. By all accounts a very nice man too. RIP
 
Don't know how many caught this article by him before the World Cup final last year, but its beautiful.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/856297.html

My precarious life ahead may not afford me the luxury of many more games to watch and enjoy. So this is likely to be it. The last, maybe, and I can happily live with that. To see the two sons I never had, Ross Taylor and Marty Guptill, run out in black, in sync with their close comrades, drawing on all their resolve and resilience, will be mesmerically satisfying. I will hold back tears all day long. I will gasp for air on occasions. I will feel like a nervous parent.

I will, like so many Kiwis making the short trek across the Tasman, feel this, as McCullum has stated clearly, to be the greatest cricketing time of our lives. Four million dare to believe, while 11 (and back-up) dare to achieve. Whatever happens, March 29 at the MCG will be the most divine fun ever.
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So sad to see a legend pass away so young. @NinjaFletch, When i read that section you referenced from the article he wrote before last year's World Cup Final, i couldn't help but get emotional. It's evident to see how proud he was to see his country in a World Cup Final, he would have been the proudest man in the world had they won it.
 
That was a lovely excerpt @NinjaFletch. The entire article was very stirring and moving. So much passion flowed through his cricket and through his words.
 
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