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Synopsis

In 1976, Australian businessman Kerry Packer, infuriated that his network had been denied the TV broadcasting rights by the Australian Cricket Board and fearing the game was dying, declared war on the cricket establishment.

Polishing an idea by John Cornell, Kerry Packer clean bowled the cricket establishment by secretly signing up 50 of the world’s greatest cricketers and creating World Series Cricket. He knew the players, who had been underpaid for years, were on the point of rebellion against the cricket authorities.

His rebel games clashed head-on with official test matches, and the war was on. Despite poor crowds at first, a brave new world of sports broadcasting had begun, ushering in the era of one-day cricket played under lights.

Howzat! Kerry Packer's War tells the story of the bitter two-year conflict between Kerry Packer, with his highly paid best-of-the-best professionals, and the cricket establishment doing its best to protect the 100-year legacy of pride in the traditional nature of the poorly paid game.

The result was to change cricket forever. World Series Cricket introduced into the game a dramatic new era of dynamic TV coverage and elite professionalism and thrust cricket into the modern era, shaping the game we know today.

User comments
Brilliant series - couldn't believe how much some of the actors were made to look like who they were playing. Expecially Matthew as Dennis Lillee Great acting and interesting to see how World Series Cricket came about. I remember it all happening but didn't realise John Cornell was so involved.

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