This is the story of one of the finest Cricket commentators of all time – Tony Greig. Vintage Cricket. Best Cricket commentator of all time.
Whenever we talk about cricket commentary, the name Tony Greig often comes to our minds. Tony Greig and Rechie Benaud were born on the same date in different years. They both were two different players with different personalities who came from different backgrounds, however, their work was to turn the live telecast of cricket into exciting words.
Well, in this blog we have talked about Tony Greig. He was the only cricket commentator in the history of modern cricket who would make a boring telecast more interesting with his exciting commentary. He had the art to engage the audience with the game.
No one can forget India vs Australia match which was played in the year 1998 when Sachin Tendulkar was batting at the crease and Tony Greig was on absolute fire. He always wanted to add some extra effort during the live telecast which would eventually make the audience crazy. Sachin Tendulkar’s half of the innings are incomplete without the commentatory of sir Tony Greig. You might have observed that whenever we watch some old cricket videos of Sachin Tendulkar, most of them have the voice of Tony Greig.
He was not just a good commentator but a great TV presenter as well. He would do pitch reports and post-match presentations after the matches.
HERE IS THE GIST OF TONY GREIG’S CRICKETING CAREER: –