Howzat! : Kerry Packer's war

by Christopher D. Lee

This thrilling book tells the story of World Series Cricket and the Australian media mogul Kerry Packer, who saw a business opportunity in the game he loved and challenged its grand traditions. A high-stakes story of money and power, elite sportsman, legal drama, it is also at its heart a tale of love of the game.

Genres: Biography

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Rod Hunt · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good fun read. Brought back great memories of musty old conservatives brought to heel by a brash and fearless capitalist who just happened to like cricket. He wanted the Television rights - the ABC would still have a camera at one end only if he hadn't. Some great yarns.

[Ian Yates · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light and breezy recount of the cricket revolution. Such interesting characters and a well written story.

[Jonathan Northall · Rating 4 out of 5]

An enjoyable narrative and a good taster into the world of Kerry Packer and World Series Cricket. Undoubtedly like the mini series this book compliments, large characters and a fast pace dominate the book. It lacks depth in detail but serves as a great story for any cricket fan. Written very much from a sympathetic perspective of Mr Packer, it does lack a little objectivity but more than enough in the style to keep a reader entertained.

[Simon Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent account which accompanied a recent mini-series which I have still yet to view, despite having it downloaded. Probably not the definitive account of the World Series Cricket war between the Establishment and Packer, but considering I got it cheaply on Kindle as part of a sale, a good read!

[Isalts · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gideon Haigh wrote the definitive book on the WSC saga.
However this makes for an interesting read, Lee does not get bogged down in too much detail.
Not surprising considering the key player (Kerry Packer) was never one to beat about the bush.
Recommended reading.

[Garret · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting. Fills in a lot of the detail the TV miniseries left out.

[Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stories about how it all started with good anecdotes thrown in. I don't think any sport can say they were thrown on it's head like the birth of World Series Cricket.

[Erez Schatz · Rating 2 out of 5]

it's an apt summary of the events, but not much more than that.