Tony Greig
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"Anthony William "Tony" Greig" was an England Test cricket captain turned Sports commentator/commentator.

Born in South Africa, Greig qualified to play for the England cricket team/English national team by virtue of his Scottish people/Scottish parentage. He was a tall batting all-rounder who bowled both Fast bowling/medium pace and off spin. Greig was List of England cricket captains/captain of England from 1975 to 1977, and captained Sussex County Cricket Club/Sussex. His younger brother, Ian Greig/Ian, also played Test cricket, while several other members of his extended family played at level.

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Cricket the world over, I don't think, will ever know how different things would be without Kerry Packer.

What I would be doing if I was Jaques is asking the selectors to be a bit more specific. I'd want to know what is exactly the problem.

They obviously have had to come up with something.

Australia has lost a truly great Australian. He was a very generous man, a bloke with an incredible sense of fun and that charisma that was around him.

He was a bloke with such an incredible sense of fun and there was that charisma whenever you were associated with him. We'll all miss him greatly.

The significant thing is that every run now counts double.

The thing that struck me the most was his concern for only the players. He was concerned the players had been downtrodden and it was his job to put it right. And put it right he did.

This Test is done and dusted.

When we got over the nastiness, if you like, of the battles associated with world cricket, he had this ability to fix the problems and then became the great ally of Cricket Australia, which I think said a bit about him.