Auckland: New Zealand great Martin Crowe has vowed not even life-threatening cancer will stop him from being among an expected capacity crowd at Auckland's Eden Park on Saturday to watch the Black Caps face Australia in an eagerly-anticipated World Cup clash.


Martin Crowe 

The 52-year-old master batsman, terminally ill with a rare blood disease called double-hit lymphoma, said he wouldn't want to miss the Pool A clash between the two
tournament co-hosts and title contenders, for anything. "For me, it will be the only (World Cup) game I get to, and it's almost like a bookend to my cricketing life, to be there on Saturday and watch these boys," Crowe told the Dominion Post.