Gideon Haigh, Rod Bransgrove at the memorial service for Tony Greig, An invite for Tony Greig's memorial service, Mark Nicholas at Tony Greig's memorial service. Bowling Style Right-arm off-break, Right-arm medium pace. [28], Nevertheless, Greig helped Packer by signing a number of English and foreign players he was acquainted with. Scores. Greig's Test career ended quietly at The Oval on 30 August 1977. period as captain was when England toured India in  1976/77. With four wickets still in hand, the home team was in a dominant position when the last ball of the day was bowled to Bernard Julien, who blocked it past Greig (fielding in close on the off side) and then headed off to the pavilion with Kallicharran. "[33], In 1999 Greig was involved in a controversy when, in a match at the North Sydney Oval, the camera zoomed onto a white, Caucasian man and an Asian woman in a marriage ceremony at a nearby church.

After the tournament ended, Australia stayed on to play four Ashes Tests. He scored 41 in the second innings and took three wickets in a drawn match that favoured England. Born in Queenstown, South Africa, son of a harsh and demanding Scottish father, he trialled for Sussex in 1965 as a teenager and prospered, then set himself the goal of representing England ­ following the route already described, in different circumstances, by the Cape Coloured Basil D'Oliveira. Greig was captain of Sussex, and also of England from 1975 to 1977, playing for England by virtue of his father’s Scottish roots. Compatible with Tiger or Horse. Sein umstrittenes Run Out gegen Alvin Kallicharran während eines Test Matches 1974 gegen die West Indies führte zu Tumulten im Stadion und er hatte häufige Auseinandersetzungen mit dem australischen Fast-Bowler Dennis Lillee auf der Ashes-Tour 1974–75 in Australien. Anthony William "Tony" Greig (6 October 1946-29 December 2012) was an England Test cricket captainwho turned into a Commentator.Born in South Africa, Greig qualified to play for the English national team by virtue of his scotish parentage. Re: Vale Tony Greig by Fred Nerk on Sat 29 Dec 2012, 22:45 Greig followed up his pair of fifties at OT in his Test debut with another in the first innings at Lords. The West Indian fast bowlers took great delight in adding yards to their run-up when Greig came to the wicket and their supporters took equal delight when his wicket was captured. His performances once he began playing for England were often better than his record for Sussex. Greig made good use of his experience from his previous tour and consciously set out to build a rapport with the Indian crowd, for instance, playing 'dead' when loud firecrackers went off in the ground. Super-Test final of the 1978/79 season was his final game of cricket in any However, Greig did not lose his sense of humour: playing on his "grovel" comment, he pretended to crawl on his hands and knees in front of the open stands on the Harleyford Road side of The Oval in the last Test match, delighting the crowds that had previously jeered him.[26].