England’s winning cricket formula

After decades in the doldrums, England has found a winning formula that’s sure to be copied.

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3rd September, 2011

Cricket

In the build-up to the 1976 England-West Indies cricket series, England captain Tony Greig declared he intended to “make them grovel.” It would have been a provocative statement under any circumstances; given that Greig was a white South African, it bordered on inflammatory. (Greig and his accent later found a home at Australia’s Channel 9 where he introduced the curious practice of vandalising the surface of the wicket with a car key during his pitch report.) Karma was both instant – a 3-0 series defeat – and protracted: that flogging was the first of many dished out by the ...

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