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The Cricket War: The Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket Paperback - 2017

by Gideon Haigh

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One of The Times' 50 Greatest Sports Books

In May 1977, the cricket world awoke to discover that a thirty-nine-year-old Sydney Businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised 'World Series'. The Cricket War 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 the top-class sporting life, The Cricket War also gives a unique insight into the motives and methods of the man who became Australia's richest, and remained so, until the day he died. It was the end of cricket as we knew it - and the beginning of cricket as we know it.

Gideon Haigh has published over thirty books, over twenty of them about cricket. This edition of The Cricket War, Gideon Haigh's first book about cricket originally published in 1993, has been updated with new photographs and a new introduction by the author.

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  • Title The Cricket War: The Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket
  • Author Gideon Haigh
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wisden
  • Publication date 2017
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781472950635 / 1472950631
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 1 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Cricket - Australia - History - 20th century, Packer, Kerry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2017479514

About the author

Gideon Haigh is an award winning independent journalist, who has written for many publications including the Age, the Australian, The Times, the Telegraph, Wisden Cricket Monthly, the Cricketer, Observer Sports and World Cricket Watch to name a few. He has published over thirty books, over twenty of them about cricket.

Born in London, Haigh went to school in Geelong, and now lives in Melbourne.

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