Jeffrey John Crowe was born on 14 September 1958 and is a former New Zealand cricketer.
15 Facts About Jeff Crowe
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Jeff Crowe played Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand from 1983 to 1990, and first-class cricket for South Australia and then Auckland.
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Jeff Crowe has been an ICC match referee since 2004.
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Jeff Crowe is the son of Dave Crowe, and the elder brother of Martin Crowe.
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The Crowe brothers are cousins of Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe, whose father John Alexander Crowe is the brother of Dave Crowe; their grandfather John Doubleday Crowe, emigrated to New Zealand from Wrexham in Wales.
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Jeff Crowe is the great-grandson of All Black Francis Jervis.
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Jeff Crowe's father played in three first-class cricket matches for Canterbury and Wellington between 1953 and 1957.
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Jeff Crowe worked on his fielding, and occasionally kept wicket.
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Jeff Crowe was born just over 4 years before his younger brother Martin, but he made his Test debut for New Zealand in the First Test against Sri Lanka at Christchurch in March 1983, just over a year after his brother.
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Jeff Crowe scored his maiden Test century in the Third Test against England in Auckland in February 1984.
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Jeff Crowe played his last Test against Australia at Wellington in March 1990.
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Jeff Crowe played in 75 ODIs from 1983 to 1990, including the Cricket World Cups in England in 1983 and in India in 1987.
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Jeff Crowe was manager of the New Zealand cricket team from 1999 to 2003.
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Jeff Crowe ran a golfing holiday business in Florida for a period, and since 2004 he has been an ICC match referee, including the World Cup finals in 2007 and 2011.
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Jeff Crowe is one of three people to have been referee in more than 75 Tests and one of four to have been referee in more than 220 ODIs.