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	Tony Greig Information
		Greig however, proved to be the ideal captain for the series, making good use of the experience from his previous tour in 1972-73 as well as his amazing rapport with the Indian crowd.
		Greig's back was to all this action and he was not aware that his side had conceded that play be suspended for the day.
		In 1999 Greig was involved in a controversy where, in a match at the North Sydney Oval, the camera zoomed onto a couple in a marriage ceremony at a nearby church.
	www.bookrags.com /Tony_Greig (1006 words)

	Greig, a limited edition - www.theage.com.au
		Tony Greig was a unique sportsman who was often cast as the bad guy, writes Gideon Haigh.
		Greig, moreover, arrived in England in April 1966 unheralded, having played only one first-class match in the Currie Cup's B section.
		Greig passed 1000 runs in his 14th Test, took 5-24 against India at Calcutta in January 1973 with medium pace, then 13-156 against the West Indies at Port-of-Spain in March 1974 with off spin.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/01/02/1072908905386.html?from=storyrhs (854 words)

	Tony Greig joins Channel 4 team \| The Corridor (a cricket blog)
		Unknown to the couple, Greig made what apparently was an “innocent” comment about their wedding and specifically about the bride.
		Marlene had heard from friends that she had been part of the cricket telecast, but it was not until she and some girlfriends happened to catch a glimpse of The Panel as they were sorting the wedding photographs, that she heard the remark.
		Later, Tony Greig and the Nine Network through executive Gary Burns made an apology on Oct 19th to Marlene and her husband, not in person and not on air as she had demanded, but over the phone.
	www.cricket.mailliw.com /archives/2005/06/10/tony-greig-joins-channel-4-team (1648 words)

	Tony Greig
		Anthony William Greig was born on Oct. 6, 1946, in Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa.
		In 1973-74 Tony Greig toured the West Indies with England and showed his capability to the entire cricket world.
		Tony Greig is now ready to hold a as a commentator during Nine's cricket coverage.
	www.whereincity.com /cricket/players/tony-greig.php (184 words)

	Onya Soapbox :: Talent :: Amanda Blair
		Tony is one of the select band of test all-rounders to have scored over 3000 runs and taken over 100 wickets (3599 runs at an average of 40.03, 141 wickets and 87 catches).
		Tony played a leading role in the formation of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket in 1977 during which he captained the World XI Currently residing in Sydney, Tony is a nine network executive and a leading commentator on the network’s cricket commentary team.
		Tony Greig’s ability to hold the key note speakers role and captivate all listeners is of the highest level, with a depth of amazing experiences like no other.
	www.onyasoapbox.com /talent/bio/tony_greig.htm (256 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: The cricket interview/Tony Greig
		Part of the WorldTel all-star lineup of commentators for the Sharjah tournament, Greig was easily one of the most influential cricketers of his generation, both as captain of England and, subsequently, as one of the leading lights of the World Series initiative sponsored by Kerry Packer, that saw a total revolutionising of the game.
		A skilful all rounder with an aura of flamboyance, Greig almost single-handedly held the England team together through a stormy period.
		Greig took time off from a stint in the box to chat with Anant Gaundalkar.
	www.rediff.com /sports/1998/apr/22b.htm (1220 words)

	Tony Greig transcript - Lisa Myers & the NBC News Investigative Unit - MSNBC.com
		Greig: I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified a bunch of leaders of the business community and I investigated two people.
		Greig: The genocide essentially took place because ever since independence in the 50s from Belgium, the Tutsis, who had been the governing and leading race, but were a minority, were displaced by prior to the independence of the Hutu majority.
		Greig: I have to confess, I was outraged at that.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6640311 (3379 words)

	Tony Greig at AllExperts
		Greig was once involved in a controversy during an English tour to the West Indies in 1974.
		Today, Greig lives in Australia and continues this commentary role, and is criticised by some for his bias against the Australian team and his occasional out-of-context comments.
		In 1999 Greig was involved in a controversy where, in a match at the North Sydney Oval, the camera zoomed onto a couple in a marriage ceremony at a nearby church.
	en.allexperts.com /e/t/to/tony_greig.htm (1100 words)

	Tony Greig: 'I'd love to have come clean straightaway. Then nobody could have criticised me' - Independent Online ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is almost impossible to overestimate Greig's status that late July summer day in 1975, not least when he led England out of another dreadful hole with a barnstorming 96, accompanied by David Steele, the grey county veteran whom the new captain had insisted on calling up.
		Greig was also heavily influenced by E W Swanton, cricket correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, pillar of the establishment and quasi-chairman of England's selectors.
		Greig reflected for a moment and said he had quite a few breaks in his life but two particular ones that he took made a big difference.
	sport.independent.co.uk /cricket/article302785.ece (1943 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Tony Greig - England Cricketer
		Tony Greig grew up in South Africa surrounded by sport and proved to be adept at three in particular, tennis, rugby and cricket.
		When Greig examined WSC in detail he realised that the long term effect would be to help the average county cricketer to make a decent living out of the game.
		For Greig the punishment was the loss of many friends, an attempt by the press to downplay his cricketing achievements and the spiteful decision by the MCC to withdraw the invitation to join their club.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1038755 (2009 words)

	Ark Gallery > Sports > Cricket > Sussex
		Greig was coached by Sussex player Mike Buss, who recommended him to his own county.
		Greig bowled medium paced seamers most of the time, but could also produce devastating spells of off-breaks, as at Port of Spain in 1973-74 when he took 8 for 86 and 5 for 70 in a rare victory over the West Indies.
		Greig was relieved of the captaincy of England following his involvement in the Kerry Packer affair in 1977, and he faded from the Test and County scene.
	www.ark-gallery.co.uk /sports/cricket/sussex/tonygreig.htm (324 words)

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		Tony Greig was surprised his parents already knew of his selection and recounted how he had heard the news at Hove late yesterday afternoon where his county, Sussex, was playing Gloucester.
		Greig is not the gentle giant of English county cricket for nothing.
		Greig illustrated the unbreaka-bility of the glass by hurling a brick at it, while his sister proudly points out that of 13 fitment centres in South Africa, her East London company is the national leader.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2000/05/02/sport/GREIG.HTM (1076 words)

	Tony Greig joins Channel 4
		Tony Greig will be joining our award-winning commentary team for the Ashes Tests, completing the strongest line-up in British cricket broadcasting for the most eagerly-awaited Test series England has ever seen.
		Greig is rightly celebrated by cricket lovers as one of the game's most authoritative voices, and has been a leading commentator on the sport for Channel 9 television in Australia for more than 25 years.
		Tony joins Mark Nicholas, Richie Benaud, Mike Atherton, Geoff Boycott, Michael Slater and Simon Hughes in the commentary box for this summer's Ashes series, all five Tests of which are live and exclusive on Channel 4.
	www.channel4.com /sport/cricket/news/nr_6555.html (381 words)

	Tony Greig, More about Tony Greig, Up-Close Tony Greig, Intimate with Tony Greig
		Tony Greig was one of the most controversial figures in the cricket world, in its innocent pre-match fixing days.
		Tony Greig, if not for his knack of fomenting controversy, was an immensely likeable and articulate person.
		Tony Greig was the captain of England from 1975 to 1977.
	www.cricketscorelive.com /cricket-players-profile/england/tony-greig.html (205 words)

	Bambooweb: Tony Greig
		Anthony William Greig (born October 6, 1946), normally known as "Tony", is a famous ex-cricketer.
		Although born in South Africa, Greig qualified to play for England by virtue of his Scottish father, and at six foot seven in height he cut an impressive figure.
		He became captain of the international side from 1975 to 1977, and was also captain of the Sussex county side.
	www.bambooweb.com /articles/t/o/Tony_Greig.html (134 words)

	Welcome to myfoodcount.com - Measure your Health - Famous Epileptic - Anthony "Tony" William Greig
		England had not won a Test series in the subcontinent since 1961-62 and were not expected to do much better against the Indian team that had some of the best spinners in the world as well as the support of tens of thousands of vociferous fans that filled the stadiums.
		Greig however, proved to be the ideal captain for the series, making good use of the experience from his previous tour in 1972-73 as well as his amazing rapport with the Indian crowd.
		Greig's back was to all this action and he was not aware that his side had conceded that play be suspended for the day.
	www.myfoodcount.com /healthylife/famous/epilepsy/tonygreig.html (984 words)

	Tony Greig stirs up Lankan pot
		Controversial: The main target is Greig who said on the show that his choice of people to head the administration would be Thilanga Sumathipala (whose election to the cricket Board this year was controversial and is now the subject of a court battle) or Upali Dharmadasa, the Board president from 1996 to 1998.
		Greig, more forthcoming than Thomson or Hookes during the programme, also criticised the Sri Lankan selectors for dropping senior players Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva from the one-day team in the recent triangular against India and Australia.
		Members of the interim committee have not reacted officially to Greig's comments, but one said on condition of anonymity that they were ``in bad taste'' and should have been avoided.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19991001/isp01037.html (536 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse newspapers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tony Greig, a former England Captain, was one of those greats, who played for that country.
		When Tony Greig is partnered by Navjot Sidhu that great Indian cricketer of the past, a colourful personality, dressed in his turban of various colours, the cross talk that transpires between them, is most interesting.
		When Tony makes certain cracks at him in good faith, Sidhu responds in a sharp manner, and then just laughs it off this is just fun for the viewers.
	www.dailynews.lk /2001/08/22/spo06.html (408 words)

	1974-Tony Greig's Cheeky Run Out! - Cricket West Indies
		The last ball was bowled by Derek Underwood to Julien who gently played a forward-defensive push past Tony Greig, who was fielding in his usual position of silly point, almost close enough that he could reach out and touch the batsman.
		Greig clapped his hands and loped towards the dressing-rooms, there was a muted acceptance from the players after Kallicharran looked at Sang Hue, who shrugged his shoulders as if to show that he had no choice but to give him out.
		Greig was a fcuking racist ass, them people in the crowd shoulda rain bottle in he ass and buss he head fuh dat.
	www.cricketwi.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=773 (553 words)

	iseekgolf.com - Australia's #1 Golf Forum > How Tony Greig managed to keep his job
		I'm not sure that Tony Greig is even watching the same game as the rest of us sometimes, and Bill Lawry and his self made sound effects just kill me. My old man had the right idea, he turned the sound down and put on the radio commentry.
		Greig is a sh!tstirrer and good at it, and that's why Nine has had him employed all the time.
		Tony Greig was the worst player of the test players on the commentary team and definitely was the worst captain.
	www.iseekgolf.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t12819.html (1795 words)

	Time to adopt a path of honour: Tony Greig - Sify.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Greig said Tendulkar, Ganguly, V V S Laxman and Rahul Dravid are "very, very good batsmen", -- he does not know whether all the four would be picked -- and he can't see the New Zealand bowlers dominating.
		Greig said he played two Tests at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and could never forget the experience of playing before massive crowds.
		And, ask Greig, who was born in South Africa, was Captain of England cricket team and now an Australian citizen, which cricket team he "roots for", he ducks and wants to play a defensive shot.
	sify.com /sports/cricket/fullstory.php?id=13250831 (515 words)

	Tony Greig [Archive] - BigFooty
		What little respect I had for Tony Greig went out the window the day Victoria unveiled shorts as part of their MM Cup uniform a few years back.
		All you hear with Tony Greig is "what a great city Sydney is" "What a great ground the SCG is" What beautiful weather in Sydney" "It's raining in Melbourne again" "what a great crowd in Sydney".
		Tony Greig's main role on the channel 9 commentary is to argue with and contradict Bill Lawry at every possible occasion.
	www.bigfooty.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-6976.html (1263 words)

	The Big Interview: Tony Greig - Times Online
		Tony Greig took his seat in the commentary box at Lord’s for the first Ashes Test.
		GREIG, the most English of South Africans, folds his 6ft 7in frame back into the sofa cushions and resumes his careful analysis of the first Test and Australia’s victory.
		Greig recalls an incident that occurred when he was England captain, in which he had to make this point understood by Derek Randall, one of his players.
	www.timesonline.co.uk /article/0,,2094-1715051,00.html (1369 words)

	BBC SPORT \| CRICKET \| Packer's recruiting officer
		Furthermore, Greig had the strength of character and personality to stand up to the Test and County Cricket Board and promote his breakaway tournament.
		Ironically, it was Greig who sought out Packer in the aftermath of the Centenary Test, in March 1977, to discuss an unrelated matter.
		Over the coming weeks, Greig personally oversaw the recruitment of the World XI team that he was to captain.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/1953062.stm (688 words)

	England miss Cooley, says Greig
		ADELAIDE: Former captain Tony Greig says England should never have allowed bowling coach Troy Cooley to leave and switch his allegiances to Australia.
		And Greig, now a respected broadcaster, said the senior players should have fought to keep Cooley on board.
		Greig, who played 58 Tests for England, said: “Maybe the senior players need to think about this a little bit.
	mid-day.com /sports/international/2006/november/147450.htm (270 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Tony Greig
		Yet although it was inevitable that his participation in WSC should lead to Greig upping sticks from Sussex to Australia later that year, it was much regretted both on a personal and national level.
		Even more improbably, at Port-of-Spain a fortnight later, while Derek Underwood and Pat Pocock were sharing 4 for 222, Greig grabbed 8 for 86 and 5 for 70 to bowl England to a 26-run victory to square the series.
		At second slip, where he took most of his 87 Test catches, there was nothing to choose between Greig and Botham, his successor as England's allrounder.
	content-www.cricinfo.com /england/content/player/13463.html (605 words)

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