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Tony Greig
Tue, September 29 2015
Test all-rounders who featured among top three run-getters and wicket-takers in a calendar year
Only 14 cricketers have featured among the top 3 run-getters and wicket-takers in the same calendar year in Test cricket.
Wed, April 05 2017
Tony Greig spins West Indies out with 13 wickets to clinch thriller at Queen’s Park Oval
Tony Greig finished with match figures of 69.1-17-156-13 — the best post-War overseas match figures for an Englishman at that time. Only Ian Botham (13 for 106) has done better.
Tue, January 20 2015
Fire in Babylon – Documentary film about the record-breaking West Indian team of 1970s and 1980s
Set in the times of the turbulent apartheid era in South Africa, race riots in England and civil unrest in the Caribbean, the West Indies cricketers, with their skill and fearless spirit march their way to glory triumphing over their colonial masters and shambling the forces of white prejudice.
Fri, December 12 2014
Mark Greatbatch proves a point to Tony Greig
Greatbatch at first slip leapt high and nabbed the ball with his right hand to complete a stunner.
Fri, December 12 2014
An embarrassment of monumental proportions!
South Africa were ostracised from international cricket and their 1971-72 tour of Australia became a casualty.
Tue, December 09 2014
What a catch! Hinds’ sight is 20/20!
Running back a few meters, Hinds dived full stretch forward to complete a spectacular catch.
Fri, October 10 2014
Bill Lawry inducted to Australia Hall of Fame
James Sutherland praised Lawry for his enormous and ongoing contribution to Australian cricket.
Fri, September 18 2015
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tony Greig, Vinoo Mankad and other cricketers who made it to the cricket lexicon
A list of how Don Bradman, Tony Grieg, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Vinno Mankad and co. entered the cricketing vocabulary.
Tue, October 06 2015
7 instances when commentators got a bit too carried away
Andrew Strauss was not the only one to say something untoward on-air.
Wed, June 18 2014
Is Muttiah Muralitharan’s appointment by Australia an admission that his action was not illegitimate?
Spin wizard has had his differences and run-ins with Australia in the past.