When Kerry Packer appeared on the cricket scene in the late
seventies he revolutionised the game. Today's followers are used to
coloured clothing and all the other razzmatazz that is now a part
of cricket, but back in 1977 Packer's intervention was divisive and
nearly broke the game completely. Players were ostracised by their
nations and for a while it looked as if cricket might not survive.
Henry Blofeld observed the goings on from his position as both a
cricket commentator and writer. In 1978 he compiled a detailed
account of the events that unfolded, aided by his interviews with
Packer, as well as the deposed English captain Tony Grieg. He
witnessed at first hand the Packer Tests in Australia, The
Australia-India Test series, MCC play Pakistan and New Zealand, and
finally the young Australian side that took on the 'Packer-filled'
West Indies. In a mere seven-week period he witnessed all the then
six Test-playing nations playing Test cricket. The first time that
had been possible. The Man Who Coloured Cricket is Henry Blofeld's
detailed document that also shows concern for the human dimensions
of the controversy. The varied reaction of the English county
players; overseas players; the legal tussles; the complex and
surprising character of Packer himself, and the establishment
figures with whom he did battle, are strands of the story expertly
woven together to make The Man Who Coloured Cricket a dramatic and
moving story.
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