Final farewell: Martin Crowe laid to rest in emotional funeral, actor Russell Crowe among pallbearers

[caption id=“attachment_2669810” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] New Zealand legend Martin Crowe was laid to rest in an emotional funeral on Friday. His brother and former Kiwi cricketer Jeff Crowe and his cousin, Hollywood star Russell Crowe, were among the pallbearers. Getty Images[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2669826” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Auckland Grammar students perform a haka, the traditional dance form, after the funeral service for Martin Crowe. Getty Images[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2669824” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Haka, a traditional Maori dance is preformed as a hearse carrying Martin Crowe leaves Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2669822” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Martin Crowe’s wife, Lorraine Downes, bids farewell to the former New Zealand cricketer during his funeral at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland. AFP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2669820” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] Martin Crowe’s casket lies in the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell as mourners arrive to pay their respects at the funeral service. Getty Images[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_2669816” align=“alignnone” width=“940”] About 1,000 mourners packed Auckland’s Holy Trinity Cathedral to remember Crowe, who died on 4 March aged 53 after a long battle with cancer. Getty Images[/caption]