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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fox C2" data-source="post: 14159198" data-attributes="member: 370633"><a href="http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/121229/1501000_20121229_creig_800x600-18dt422.jpg?x=400&sig=dYPpXl4WrtUyDiDdxFechA--" target="_blank"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/121229/1501000_20121229_creig_800x600-18dt422.jpg?x=292&sig=sX07tywG3dodB5jF4l8jAA--" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>AAP © <a href="http://l.yimg.com/ea/img/-/121229/1501000_20121229_creig_800x600-18dt422.jpg?x=400&sig=dYPpXl4WrtUyDiDdxFechA--" target="_blank">Enlarge photo</a>                                                              Former England captain and cricket commentator Tony Greig has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 66.Greig  had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer, but he suffered a heart  attack at his home on Saturday morning and died about 1.45pm (AEDT)."He  was rushed into St Vincent's hospital. The staff of the emergency  department worked on Mr Greig to no avail," St Vincent's spokesman David  Faktor said.He said it's understood his family were with him when he died.The  Sydney-based, South Africa-born Greig was initially diagnosed with  bronchitis in May, but the condition lingered and in October he had  tests that revealed a small lesion at the base of his right lung.Upon  his return to Australia from the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, he had  fluid removed from the right lung and testing revealed he had lung  cancer.He spoke last month of his battle."It's not good. The truth is I've got lung cancer. Now it's a case of what they can do," Greig told Nine at the time.His  wife Vivian on Saturday said: "Our family wants to extend our gratitude  for the support and condolences we have received and would ask for  privacy at this very sad time."Nine Network boss David Gyngell was among the first to pay tribute to Greig on Saturday."It's  a deeply upsetting time for his family and for everyone associated with  Tony at Nine, and indeed for many, many others who came to know and  love the man," Gyngell said."Tony has been part of Nine's  commentary team since 1979. He's not only been part of our family, but  he's had a seat at the head of the table."An abrasive character  who loved stirring up Aussie crowds during the 1974-75 Ashes series,  Greig played 58 Tests and boasted a handy all-around record of 3599 runs  at 40.43 and 141 wickets at 32.20.Greig was a key figure in  recruiting English and other international players for media tycoon  Kerry Packer's breakaway World Series Cricket which was staged from 1977  to 1979 and sent shockwaves through the arch-conservative sport.Packer's  rebel series was his response to the Australian Cricket Board's refusal  to give Packer's Nine Network exclusive Test broadcast rights.WSC helped improve remunerations for players and dragged the sport into the modern age of day-night matches.In  the 1980s, Greig became a high-profile member of the Nine Network's  cricket commentary team and continued in the role until ill health  sidelined him only a couple of months ago."Tony Greig is a name  synonymous with Australian cricket - from his playing days as the  English captain we loved to hate, to his senior role in the revolution  of World Series Cricket, his infamous car keys in the pitch reports and  more than three decades of colourful and expert commentary," Nine said.Greig's involvement in WSC caused an abrupt end to his international playing career."He  lost not just England's captaincy, but what would have been a  record-breaking benefit," respected cricket writer Gideon Haigh wrote on  the cricinfo website."He was diminished, too, by his indifferent  on-field performances in World Series Cricket, where he seemed to cast  himself as pantomime villain."Nonetheless, subsequent generations of professional cricketers owe him a debt of gratitude."Former  Australian pace bowler Glenn McGrath, South African native and current  Australian coach Mickey Arthur were among those to pay tribute to Greig  on Twitter on Saturday."RIP-Tony Greig. A very good man!", Arthur said.</blockquote>

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