Tony Greig

Tony Greig

Player information
Surname	Anthony William Greig
Born	October 6, 1946 Queenstown , South Africa
Died	December 29, 2012 at age 66, Sydney , Australia
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right-handed medium pace bowler Right-handed off break bowler
Player role	All-rounder
Relationships	Ian Greig (brother) Norman Curry (brother-in-law)
International games
National team	England
Test debut (cap 452)	June 8, 1972 v  Australia
Last test	August 30, 1977 v  Australia
ODI debut (cap 15)	August 24, 1972 v  Australia
Last ODI	June 6, 1977 v  Australia
National teams
Years	team
1965-1970	Border
1966-1988	Sussex
1970-1972	Eastern Province
Career statistics
Game form	test	ODI	FC	LA
Games	58	22nd	350	190
Runs (total)	3,599	269	16,660	3,899
Batting average	40.43	16.81	31.19	24.67
100s / 50s	8/20	- / -	26/96	3/21
Highscore	148	48	226	129
Balls	9,802	916	52,513	8,435
Wickets	141	19th	856	244
Bowling Average	32.20	32.57	28.85	23.15
5 wickets in innings	6th	0	33	3
10 wickets in play	2	n / A	8th	n / A
Best bowling performance	8/86	4/45	8/25	6/28
Catches / stumpings	87 / -	7 / -	345 / -	88 / -
Source: Cricinfo , October 28, 2009

Anthony William "Tony" Greig (born October 6, 1946 , † December 29, 2012 ) was a South African-born English cricketer and commentator. He was a so-called batting all-rounder who mastered both medium pace and off-spin bowling. He was the captain of Sussex and also the captain of the England team between 1975 and 1977 . Ironically, he was eligible to play for England through his Scottish father.

His younger brother Ian Greig also played test cricket , and several other members of his relatives played first-class cricket .

He was one of the leading players in the English County Championship and was considered one of the best English all-rounders. However, he was also involved in a lot of controversy. He helped Kerry Packer to set up World Series Cricket by bringing many of his English, but also West Indian and Pakistani fellow players on board, which cost him the English captaincy. His controversial run out against Alvin Kallicharran during a test match in 1974 against the West Indies led to tumult in the stadium and he had frequent arguments with the Australian fast-bowler Dennis Lillee on the Ashes tour 1974-75 in Australia . His infamous "I intend to make them grovel" remark to the West Indies team in the run-up to the 1976 tour to England was heavily criticized, especially because of his South African background.

After his playing career, he became a cricket commentator and later emigrated to Australia. He suffered from epilepsy for a long time and was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 2012. Greig died on December 29, 2012 in Sydney , New South Wales , presumably of a heart attack .

literature

• Rae, Simon, It's Not Cricket , Faber and Faber Ltd., 2001. ISBN 0-571-21582-3
• Tossell, David, Grovel! The Story and Legacy of the Summer of 1976 , Know The Score Books, 2007. ISBN 1-905449-43-7
• Tossell, David, Tony Greig, A Reappraisal of English Cricket's Most Controversial Captain , Pitch Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1-908051-01-1

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Colin Bateman: If The Cap Fits . Tony Williams Publications, 1993, ISBN 1-869833-21-X , pp. 82-83 (accessed April 20, 2011).
2. ^ Tony Greig , Cricket Archives. April 18, 2014. 
3. ^ 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.
4. ↑ Derek Underwood "... you never hear of him mentioned as being a top-quality cricketer, but he was." Tossell, p. 98
5. ↑ John Snow "... he was as good an all-rounder as Freddie Flintoff, if not better." Tossell, p. 98
6. ^ Tony Greig diagnosed with lung cancer , Wisden India. 20th October 2012.