Damon Gameau
Greg Chappell
Nine Network · Ended
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War
Drama · 2012
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War is how legendary media mogul Kerry Packer fought a cricket war by secretly signing up 50 of the world's greatest players to form a breakaway tournament. Packer took on the Australian Cricket Board and MCCC in a war over TV rights and threw the cricket world into turmoil by 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. Polishing an idea by John Cornell, Packer fought a bitter two-year battle against the cricket establishment doing its best to protect the hundred-year legacy of pride in the traditional nature of the poorly paid game. The result changed cricket forever.
Cast
Damon Gameau
Greg Chappell
Travis McMahon
Paul Hogan
Lachy Hulme
Kerry Packer
Craig Hall
Gavin Warner
Mandy McElhinney
Rose Mitchell
Abe Forsythe
John Cornell
Brendan Cowell
Rodney Marsh
Cariba Heine
Delvene Delaney
Clayton Watson
Ian Chappell
Nicholas Coghlan
Austin Robertson
Nicholas Cooper
Gary Cosier
Peter Houghton
Richie Benaud
Richard Davies
David Hookes
Ryan O'Kane
Jeff Thompson
Matthew Le Nevez
Dennis Lillee
Season 1
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