tony greig captained england for the centenary cricket test series in 1977.
who captained england for the centenary cricket test sereis in 1977?
tony greig
international cricket began in 1877 when the england men's team played in the first-ever test match. england have played more test matches, and had more captains, than any other team. in the 19th century, the captains for overseas tours were chosen by the promoters. the early tours were mostly organised by professionals, especially james lillywhite, alfred shaw and arthur shrewsbury. some amateur-led tours went abroad under lord harris and lord hawke. home captains were selected by the home ground authority, who often favoured a local player. for over 73 years, commencing with the 1903–04 tour of australia and ending with the centenary test in 1977, marylebone cricket club (mcc) organised international tours and selected the england team. on these tours, the team was called mcc in non-international matches and england in the internationals. mcc established a tradition of having amateur, rather than professional, captains. after shrewsbury in 1886–87, there wasn't another professional captain until len hutton in 1952. the amateur/professional distinction was abolished in 1962, though some former amateurs captained england after that. in 1971, ray illingworth captained england in their first odi. in 1977, management of the england team was taken over by the former test and county cricket board (tccb) until 1 january 1997, and from then by the england and wales cricket board (ecb). england played their first t20i in 2005 under the captaincy of michael vaughan.
list of england cricket captains
11 clubs contested the opening season in 1903, with east sydney taking out the first premiership with a 6-point win over north shore. 100 years later, similar to the repeated result of the centenary cricket test in 1977; in the centenary season in 2003, east sydney (by now known as unsw-eastern suburbs) again defeated north shore by 6 points.
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