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The Cricket War: The Inside Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket

By Gideon , Haigh

Book information

Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing;WISDEN
Year
2018
ISBN
9781472950635, 1472950631
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
6 MB (6221695 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00

Description

In May 1977, the cricket world woke to discover that a 39-year-old businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised World Series Cricket. The Cricket War, now published with a new introduction and afterword, is the definitive account of the split that changed the game on the field and on the screen. In helmets, under lights, with white balls and in coloured clothes, the outlaw armies of Ian Chappell, Tony Greig and Clive Lloyd fought a daily battle of survival. In boardrooms and courtrooms, Packer and cricket's rulers fought a bitter war of nerves. A compelling account of top-class sporting life, The Cricket War also gives a unique insight into the motives and methods of the tycoon who became Australia's richest man.

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