Tony Greig

Cricketing Rifts 15: Vaseline controversies that soured India-England relations

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In this episode he revisits the famed Vaseline wars that rubbed the gloss off the noble game.  

IPL 2012: Huge crowd turnout to watch KKR-DD IPL 2012 opening clash

Unseasonal heavy rains accompanied by thundershowers could not deter crowd from pouring into the Eden Gardens as the IPL 5 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils saw a near full house at the majestic stadium.

Cricketing Rifts 14: When West Indies made Greig’s life miserable for using word ‘grovel’

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket. In Part 14 of the series, he writes on how the West Indians hounded and humiliated Tony Grieg for his insensitive choice of words.

Video: Tony Greig’s England made to ‘grovel’ by West Indies

  A video of West Indian fiery fast bowling making English batsmen struggle and dance on their tunes during the famous Test in 1976.   On the eve of the first Test at Trent Bridge, Greig sat on the roof of Hove’s pavilion and spoke on Sportsnight, the flagship midweek sports program of BBC. With time, his frustration became...

Cricketing Rifts 11 – Multiple issues around Boycott and Botham

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.

Cricketing Rifts 9: Ian Chappell’s nasty duels with Greig, Waugh & across a generation

The Dhoni-Sehwag rift may have been true or blown out of proportion by the media. However, far from being unique, discords such as this have been commonplace in the history of the game. In this series, Arunabha Sengupta looks at some of the most famous feuds of cricket.

Gambhir fiasco: Perhaps post-match conferences should be done away with!

The media has not made a mountain out of a molehill with regard to Gautam Gambhir’s comments after India’s victory over Australia on Sunday. Rather, it has relaunched NASA’s space shuttle programme from the summit of said mountain. 

Sachin Tendulkar’s absence against Australia infuriates Tony Greig

Former England captain Tony Greig has labelled the decision to rest Sachin Tendulkar and Mike Hussey during Monday's cricket tri-series match between India and Australia as a "disgrace".

Tony Greig to deliver next year’s MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture

By CricketCountry Staff

Former England captain Tony Greig will deliver next year’s 12th MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey lecture at Lord's.

Sourav Ganguly dejected by empty stands at Eden Gardens

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday joined the growing list of cricketers who expressed their concern about poor crowd turnout in the Eden Gardens and said something needs to be done to so that more people come to watch Test cricket.