Howzat!: Kerry Packer and the Great Cricket War - Softcover

Christopher Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908699450 ISBN 13: 9781908699459

Publisher: Old Street Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

'CRICKET IS GOING TO GET REVOLUTIONISED WHETHER THEY LIKE IT OR NOT. THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO STOP ME. NOT A GODDAMN THING.' KERRY PACKER

England, Summer 1975. The Australian cricket team, visiting for an Ashes series, fields players who will become legends of the game: Ian Chappell, Rodney Marsh, Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson. It is the pinnacle of the game of cricket -- the two oldest enemies going head to head.
But cricket is about to undergo a revolution, and the Establishment about to get hit for six. This thrilling book by the writer of the acclaimed TV mini-series tells the story of World Series Cricket and the Australian billionaire Kerry Packer, who signed up the world's greatest players and set up a parallel universe of cricket.
Set in an era when moustaches were big and shirts tight, it's a high-stakes, fast-moving story of money and power, elite sportsmen, courtroom drama and a broadcasting revolution. It is also, at its heart, a tale of love for the game.

AS SEEN ON BBC 4

Edition details

• Publisher: Old Street Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908699450
• ISBN 13: 9781908699459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256