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The world mourns the death of cricket legend Tony Greig

The Soundtrack of Summer will never be the same as news filters through of the death of former England captain and respected commentator Tony Greig. Many Australians first saw him in his youth as the stubborn resistor of our mighty bowling attack in the 1970’s, a cunning medium-pace bowler and a fielder not to be trifled with. All this was to change with the advent of World Series cricket... Read more

by | December 29, 2012

COMING TO TV: Howzat!: Kerry Packer’s War

England, Summer 1975. The Australian cricket team, visiting for an Ashes series, fields players who will become legends of the game Ian Chappell, Rodney Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson against celebrated English power-cricketers Tony Greig, John Snow and Phil Edmonds. It is the pinnacle of the game of cricket the two oldest enemies in the game going head to head. At the beautifully green gro... Read more

by | July 18, 2012