Cricket War
By Gideon Haigh

Cricket War

By (author) Gideon Haigh

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It was the end of cricket as we knew it - and the beginning of cricket as we know it. In May 1977, the cricket world woke to discover that a businessman called Kerry Packer had signed 35 elite international players for his own televised World Series Cricket. '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, Toney 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 Australia's richest man.

ISBN: 9780522854756
Classification: Cricket , Sporting events, tours & organisations
Format: Paperback (233mm x 153mm x 30mm)
Pages: 400
Publish Date: 1-Dec-2007
Country of Publication: Australia

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Author Biography: Gideon Haigh
Gideon Haigh is the author of Game For Anything: Writings on cricket, The Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making of Modern Cricket, Mystery Spinner: The story of Jack Iverson, and The Border Years, and has edited Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack Australia. He covered the 2005 Ashes series for the Guardian newspaper in the UK. His other books include the award-winning Asbestos House, and Bad Company.

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