The Cricket WarIt 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 international players for his own televised World Series Cricket. This title is an account of the split that changed the game on the field and on the screen. |
Contents
Prologue Jesus its not going to work | 1 |
These are not professionals | 13 |
You think this is a fucking democracy do you? | 29 |
Where do I sign? | 49 |
How come youre worth all that money? | 63 |
War situation | 78 |
Just like old Aussie eh? | 94 |
If you fuck it up we could lose the whole 12 million | 108 |
Listen about those helmets | 208 |
These people have found truth | 224 |
Rejected dejected were sorry were born | 236 |
I feel very sorry for the Australians | 248 |
I think this Lennie want to kill you man | 263 |
One to the eye one to the bollocks | 279 |
We were representing our country but it wasnt important | 294 |
These are professionals and theyll | 309 |
Half a house brick at a hundred miles an hour | 123 |
We cannot afford to let this man down | 137 |
The best bunch of cricketers Ive ever seen with one exception | 151 |
Its gotta be the worlds most expensive cricket bat | 164 |
Simmo bring down a shit side | 177 |
Sweet reason | 192 |
Afterword to the 2007 edition | 327 |
Complete World Series Cricket Statistics compiled by Ross Dundas | 329 |
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Other editions - View all
The Cricket War: The Inside Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket Gideon Haigh No preview available - 2001 |
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