Cricket outlaws :
Robertson, Austin,
Cricket outlaws : inside Kerry Packer's revolution / Austin Robertson. - EasyRead large edition. - xv, 602 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. - Read how you want 16. . - Read how you want 16. .
Optimized reading formats. Set in 16 point Verdana. Copyright page from the original book.
Under a cloak of secrecy, the Aussie tycoon - together with maverick TV comics Paul Hogan and John 'Strop' Cornell, elite players Dennis Lillee, Tony Greig and Ian Chappell, and retired footy hero Austin Robertson - signed up 35 of the world's leading cricketers for a revolution called 'World Series Cricket'. Suddenly, the gentleman's game had four outlaw teams playing 'Supertests' and 50-over games at night under lights in crash helmets, using white balls and wearing coloured clothing. Slowly, then in a torrent, fans fell under the spell of day-night cricket airwaves jingling to 'C'mon Aussie C'mon' and supercharged TV coverage led by Richie Benaud. In the middle of this maelstrom was Austin Robertson: trusted lieutenant to Packer, and confidant to cricket's biggest stars. In Cricket Outlaws, Austin shares the real story of the World Series Cricket revolution for the first time - from the inside, in his own words and with vivid first-hand accounts from 48 of the game's biggest characters and key players behind the scenes, many speaking publicly on WSC for the first time.
9781525270079 (paperback)
Packer, Kerry, 1937-2005.
World series cricket--History.
Cricket--History--Australia--20th century.
Large type books.
796.35865
Cricket outlaws : inside Kerry Packer's revolution / Austin Robertson. - EasyRead large edition. - xv, 602 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. - Read how you want 16. . - Read how you want 16. .
Optimized reading formats. Set in 16 point Verdana. Copyright page from the original book.
Under a cloak of secrecy, the Aussie tycoon - together with maverick TV comics Paul Hogan and John 'Strop' Cornell, elite players Dennis Lillee, Tony Greig and Ian Chappell, and retired footy hero Austin Robertson - signed up 35 of the world's leading cricketers for a revolution called 'World Series Cricket'. Suddenly, the gentleman's game had four outlaw teams playing 'Supertests' and 50-over games at night under lights in crash helmets, using white balls and wearing coloured clothing. Slowly, then in a torrent, fans fell under the spell of day-night cricket airwaves jingling to 'C'mon Aussie C'mon' and supercharged TV coverage led by Richie Benaud. In the middle of this maelstrom was Austin Robertson: trusted lieutenant to Packer, and confidant to cricket's biggest stars. In Cricket Outlaws, Austin shares the real story of the World Series Cricket revolution for the first time - from the inside, in his own words and with vivid first-hand accounts from 48 of the game's biggest characters and key players behind the scenes, many speaking publicly on WSC for the first time.
9781525270079 (paperback)
Packer, Kerry, 1937-2005.
World series cricket--History.
Cricket--History--Australia--20th century.
Large type books.
796.35865