Tony Greig's wife unhappy at debt claims and profile of family in biography about late Test star Tony Greig's wife Vivian is unhappy at some of the claims in a book about her late husband. THE wife of the late English Test captain and commentator Tony Greig has criticised a new biography about his life. The book, Tony Greig: Love, War and Cricket, was written by Greig's mother Joyce and Mark, the eldest son from his first marriage. Greig's second wife, Vivian claims some facts in the book concerning Greig's financial woes are incorrect, including the suggestion Greig's close friend and fellow World Series Cricket pioneer Kerry Packer once bailed him out of a financial crisis. "In some cases, the facts are completely wrong," Vivian Greig said in a statement. I have a legal obligation to ensure statements made in the book are not misleading or imply any deceptive conduct. For example, at no time did Kerry Packer bail Tony out of a business debt, as reported recently from the book. A figure of $10m is pure fantasy. In fact, Tony and I put together a Scheme of Arrangement, with funds supplied from my savings, without assistance from anyone. The amount of debt stated is incorrect. Tony and I spent many years paying off debt and Tony was debt free when he passed away. Also, Kerry and Tony enjoyed a healthy friendship, no 'strings attached'. Vivian Greig claims the roles of herself and the two children from her marriage with Greig (Tom and Beau) were underplayed in the book. Our family life and our experiences as a couple have been written about but in many cases throughout the book, we are deleted or usurped. That does cause distress to us, particularly as our children wonder why this has happened. They will review this again as adults, seeing there is no true balance on how valued they were in their father's life nor how important and involved their mother was in their father's life. Of utmost concern to Tony and myself was to ensure that our young children should know how much their father loved them, how enormously proud he was of them and the family life we created. Our children were a major part of his life.