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Tony Greig
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| Full name | Anthony William Greig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1946 Queenstown, Cape Province, Union of South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 December 2012 (aged 66) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ian Greig (brother) Norman Curry (brother-in-law) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 452) | 8 June 1972 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 30 August 1977 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 15) | 24 August 1972 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 6 June 1977 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965/66–1969/70 | Border | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1978 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970/71–1971/72 | Eastern Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 28 October 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony William Greig (6 October 1946 – 29 December 2012) was a South African-born cricketer and commentator. Greig qualified to play for the England cricket team by virtue of his Scottish father. He was a tall (6 feet 6 inches or 1.98 metres)[1] all-rounder who bowled both medium pace and off spin. Greig was captain of England from 1975 to 1977, and captained Sussex.[2] His younger brother, Ian, also played Test cricket, while several other members of his extended family played at first-class level.[3]
A leading player in English county cricket, Greig is thought by some former players and pundits to have been one of England's leading international all-rounders.[4][5][6] He helped Kerry Packer start World Series Cricket by signing up many of his England colleagues as well as West Indian and Pakistani cricketers, a move which cost him the England captaincy. He is also known for a controversial run-out of Alvin Kallicharran in a Test Match against the West Indies in 1974, and often clashed with Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee on the 1974–75 Ashes Tour in Australia.[2] His statement in the lead-up to the 1976 tour of England by the West Indies that he intended "to make them grovel" was met with severe criticism.
Greig became a commentator following the end of his playing career, later emigrating to Australia. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 2012,[7] and died in Sydney, on 29 December 2012, from an apparent heart attack.[8]
- ^ "Tony Greig". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ^ a b Bateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 82–83. ISBN 978-1-869833-21-3.
- ^ Tony Greig profile at CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Greg Chappell: "He wouldn't have made it as a bowler or batsman, but his determination made him a top all-rounder", Tossell, p. 93.
- ^ Derek Underwood "... you never hear of him mentioned as being a top-quality cricketer, but he was." Tossell, p. 98.
- ^ John Snow "... he was as good an all-rounder as Freddie Flintoff, if not better." Tossell, p. 98.
- ^ "Tony Greig diagnosed with lung cancer". Wisden India. 20 October 2012. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
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