Tony Greig

Anthony "Tony" William Greig (born October 6, 1946), normally known as "Tony", is a famous ex-cricketer.

The Indian tour

The best part of Greig's career was still to come though. In 1976-77, England toured India for a five test series. 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. England went on to score one of their one most convincing wins in a very long time when they won the first three tests by huge margins. Greig rated the win at Calcutta, in front of 100,000 Indian fans as the finest moment of his career.

Related Topics:
England - Calcutta

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