sentences:  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 interviewer had been discrediting the England team as major underdogs in the match-up.