The cricket war : the story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket
Haigh, Gideon2017
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In May 1977, the cricket world awoke to discover that a 39-year-old Sydney businessman called Kerry Packer had signed 35 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.
Main title:
The cricket war : the story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket / by Gideon Haigh.
Author:
Haigh, Gideon, author
Edition:
[Updated] edition.
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Collation:
xxii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: Australia: The Text Publishing Company, 1993.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472950635 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.35865
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1132537