TONY GRIEG DEAD

The former England captain Tony Greig, one of the creators of the world revolution of cricket series in 1970, has died at the age of 66 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Sydney on Saturday .Greig, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in October, was taken to hospital in Sydney, but he died at 1:45 (0245 GMT)."Emergency Department staff worked on Mr. Greig was in vain," said the representative of Saint Vincent Hospital in local media.Figure larger than life is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 meters), South Africa's largest SUV was originally Greig, who played 58 Tests for England from 1972 to 1977 score 3599 runs at 40.43, including eight centuries and claiming 141 wickets at 32.20 each. E 'also has a brilliant leaf stage, taking 87 catches in test matches.Greig could bowl full of life, a half. Inch or sometimes used quickish is back with its size and rebound the latest fashions and take 13 wickets to win a test match in the CaribbeanBut Greig and controversy are never far from each other and on the same tour of the West Indies in 1974, he ran while drummer Alvin Kallicharran returned to the pavilion after the last day of the world has already begun.Kallicharran was not technically the judge has not indicated that the game was officially over, but after the public has invaded the pitch and threatened to batter the riot was recalled.Ashes tour in Australia in the same year, Greig time, it seemed to play the Australians themselves, like Dennis Lillie and Jeff Thomson loaded unfortunate drummers England with his pace and bounce of the threat.He was promoted to captain in the following year, after England lost the first Ashes test at home and immediately attach their aggressiveness and determination of a team that carried out the following three tests against the one of the best teams in history.However, in 1976, Greig attracts unwanted future disputes before the series against the West Indies, when he said he intends to "drag" of tourists.The use of the word white South Africa in the period of rising racial tensions angry West Indian fast bowlers, which greatly increased the speed when Greig came to the crease on his way to a 3-0 win in the series.Greig greatest impact on the game came after he joined at the end of 1977 with an Australian entrepreneur Kerry Packer Cricket World Series to adjust flight (IIC) competition.Concept Packer media mogul, to ensure the rights to broadcast Cricket Australia Channel Nine, was the order of the universe of the game, limited overs games played at night innovative and become professional cricketers completed.Signature Greig gave credit to the CSM and played a key role in the recruitment of players unhappy with the issue of competition, which lasted only two years, but it has certainly changed the face of the game."He influenced all the guys from abroad, no doubt, and the Caribbean to join World Series Cricket, and it was great for cricket, what he did," said the former Australian bat Doug Walters played in the competition CSM, Sky News."Greig has been one of the main competitors of cricket ... there was someone who really took the fight to Australia, but took the fight at all."Win, lose or draw was the first in the locker room with a couple of beers in hand."CSM, because the assumptions Greig contrast with the introduction of conservative cricket and was stripped of his captaincy of England in 1977. His international career ended this year after the adoption of the joint contribution fully agree with Mike Brearley success ashes home in England.A longtime resident of Down Under, Greig later became a cricket commentator on Channel Nine, after promising a "job for life" Packer.Fight, and sometimes abrasive voice Greig hats white arms and signature appears on Australian television screens for more than three decades, but his fight against cancer prevented him from taking his place behind the microphone for the 2012/13 season ."This is a great loss to the world of cricket. For me personally, I am ruined," said the former Australian captain Bill Lawry, who has spent decades in the field next to Nine Commentaries Greig."World cricket has lost one of the greatest ambassadors.Expression cast Greig, who has gone from bad to respected cricket commentator, in his new home."RIP Tony Greig! Left a big brand in the world of cricket. Greig My condolences to the family," retired West Indies great Brian Lara joke said in a statement on his Twitter account."It was not only a great player and a player of great success in England, I think it was a wonderful man," said Australia captain Michael Clarke Australian television.England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive David Collier said Greig was "universal talented cricketer and captain.""He was a giant of a man who played an important role in changing the face of cricket in 1970," Collier said in a statement.