Former West Indies wicketkeeper Deryck Murray who played against Tony Greig is among those to have paid tribute to the England captain who died on Saturday morning.
Greig reportedly succumbed to a heart attack at his home in Australia, where he worked as a commentator. He was 66.
Murray said Greig was a fierce competitor, but he also had a keen interest in the welfare of players, many of whom he convinced to play in the Kerry Packer World Cricket Series.
Greig’s competitive nature was manifested in some of the controversial moments of his career.
In the lead-up to a West Indies tour of England in 1976 he said he would make the visiting team “grovel”, a comment for which he later apologised.
Two years before Greig had caused a near riot in the first test of a Caribbean series after running out Alvin Kallicharran.
When the last delivery of day two was blocked and the batsmen made for the pavilion, Greig fielded the ball, threw down the stumps and appealed for a run out.
The decision was given and an angry Trinidad and Tobago crowd stormed the field.
Despite the controversy surrunding this incident, Greig finished the tour with 430 runs at 47.7 and 24 wickets at 22.6
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