West Indian cricket team in England in 1976 the West Indian get on top they are magnificent cricketers, but if they’re down, they grovel. And I intend, with the help of Closey and a few others, to make them grovel.” The insensitive comments only inflamed the racial and colonial implications surrounding the 1976 series. The remark was particularly provocative coming from Greig, the white South African-born captain of England. West Indian bowler, Michael Holding recalled how the comment “Smacked of racism and Apartheid. He got our backs up and made us more determined.” Greig claimed the word "grovel" was used only as a response to the way the
Alexander England Alexander England Alexander (Alex) England is an Australian actor. He comes from Albury in New South Wales, where he attended Scots School Albury. Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad will star opposite Alexander England in Australian zombie comedy-horror crossover "Little Monsters". Alexander England was selected to play Tony Greig, a former captain of the English cricket team known in Australia for his cricketing commentary, in 2012 for the television miniseries "Howzat! Kerry Packer's War". To copy Greig's distinctive accent, England listened to commentary recordings. In 2016, England was cast to play Harry Crewe in the Australian television series "Offspring". Joining the