Description 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\'.
In helmets, under lights, with white balls, and in coloured clot.
The Cricket War is the definitive account of the split that changed the game on the field and on the screen.
Description 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\'