Tony Greig - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tony Greig write by Joyce Greig. This book was released on 2013-11-01. Tony Greig available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tony Greig was a fearless cricketer, a born entertainer, a stalwart friend and a loving son and father. His death in December 2012 was met with an outpouring of grief from family, friends, colleagues and fans. In this wonderful memoir, Tony's life is recounted by two of those who knew him best - his mother, Joycie, and his eldest son, Mark. Tony's story began in his beloved South Africa when Joycie embarked on an extraordinary war-time love affair with a man not her husband, Sandy Greig. From schoolboy cricketing prodigy, to his early days playing for English country side Sussex, Tony travelled the world meeting an array of cricket greats. He was eventually made captain of England, but then was removed from the job when he controversially threw in his lot with Kerry Packer and his World Series Cricket in 1977. Together, Tony and Packer changed the game forever and formed a friendship that lasted 28 years until Packer's death in 2005. With Packer's offer of a 'job for life', Tony joined the Nine Network as a commentator and settled his family in Australia. From behind the mic, Tony became part of the fabric of the Australian summer. His knowledge of the game, his respect for players from all countries, but particularly for those from the Subcontinent, his humour and above all his passion for cricket made him one of the game's best loved and best known figures. This rich and fascinating life has been retold with warmth and love, giving us an unforgettable portrait of a great man.
Australia's Blackest Sporting Moments
Australia's Blackest Sporting Moments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Australia's Blackest Sporting Moments write by Stephen Hagan. This book was released on 2006. Australia's Blackest Sporting Moments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this collection of incidents of racism in Australian sports, the author is honest in his condemnation of the offenders, sporting administrators and government officials who continue to deny that there is a problem of racism in sport.
Grovel!
Grovel! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Grovel! write by David Tossell. This book was released on 2012-05-11. Grovel! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When England cricket captain Tony Greig announced that he intended to make the West Indies 'grovel', he lit a fire that burned as intensely as the sunshine of Britain's long hot summer of 1976. Spurred on by what they saw as a deeply offensive remark by a white South African, Clive Lloyd's touring team made Greig pay through the exciting batting of Viv Richards and the frightening pace of bowlers Michael Holding and Andy Roberts. Grovel! provides a fascinating study of the events and social issues surrounding one of the sport's most controversial and colourful tours.- Runner-up in Best Cricket Book category at both the British Sports Book Awards and Cricket Society Book of the Year- Forthright foreword by Tony Greig, in which he addresses one of the most infamous comments incricket history- Featuring interviews with key figures from English and West Indian cricket- Addresses all the vibrant sporting storylines of the series, while examining the darker undercurrent that existed in a period of ongoing racial tension around the country- Traces the origins of the great West Indies team of the 1970s and 80s which featured in the film Fire of Babylon
Tony Greig
Tony Greig - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tony Greig write by David Tossell. This book was released on 2011-04. Tony Greig available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tony Greig, the captain who "betrayed" England by signing with Australian media tycoon, Kerry Packer, remains one of cricket's most controversial figures. Through extensive research and multiple interviews--including with Greig himself--this biography examines whether history has been fair to one of England's most successful cricket players, or if his achievements are condemned to be forever overlooked.
Gentlemen and Sledgers
Gentlemen and Sledgers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gentlemen and Sledgers write by Rob Smyth. This book was released on 2015-05-21. Gentlemen and Sledgers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the celebrated mock obituary following England's first-ever defeat by Australia on home soil in 1882, to the on-pitch insults (or 'sledges') of today, ashes cricket has spawned nearly as many memorable quotes as it has balls bowled and runs scored. Gentlemen and Sledgers charts the ebb and flow of Anglo-Australian cricketing fortunes across 131 years and 314 matches by telling the stories behind 100 memorable ashes quotations. From fast bowler Jeff Thomson's classic 'I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. I like to see blood on the pitch' in 1975, to Michael Clark's notorious advice to Jimmy Anderson to 'get ready for a f****** broken arm' in 2013, the quotations embrace quips, insults, examples of the dark art of sledging – and even the occasional considered cricketing judgement. Evoking memorable moments and matches as well as highs and lows in the careers of Australia and England's greatest players, Gentlemen and Sledgers is an informal, freewheeling, discursive and entertainingly opinionated history of the ashes.
