Complex sentence: Having drawn the 1973-74 series in the West Indies, England started the series in confident mood, with their captain Tony Greig arrogantly proclaiming before TV cameras that England would make West Indies "grovel".
Split into simpler sentences: Having drawn the 1973-74 series in the West Indies, England started the series in confident mood. England captain Tony Greig said that England would make West Indies "grovel".