John Wright, the former India coach, who was Martin Crowe's teammate in the 1980s and early 1990s, has said New Zealand has lost its greatest batsman. "He was certainly our greatest batsman and we are going to miss him dearly," Wright told mid-day.com from Christchurch on Thursday.

The news of 53-year-old Crowe's death due to cancer rocked the cricketing world today.