World Series Cricket | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-09

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00:01:15 1 Kerry Packer and the Australian television industry
00:04:42 2 Secret signings
00:07:01 3 Court case
00:11:31 4 "Supertests", the West Indies and drop-in pitches
00:13:41 5 First season: 1977–78
00:17:33 6 The united front weakens
00:21:04 7 Second season: 1978–79
00:23:23 8 The rapprochement
00:26:07 9 Legacy
00:28:42 10 The Players, Results &amp; Statistics
00:28:45 11 Venues
00:28:53 12 Trivia
00:30:05 13 See also



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World Series Cricket (WSC) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket. World Series Cricket drastically changed the nature of cricket, and its influence continues to be felt today.
Two main factors caused the formation of WSC—the widespread view that players were not paid sufficient amounts to make a living from cricket, and that Packer wished to secure the exclusive broadcasting rights to Australian cricket, then held by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC).
After the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) refused to accept Channel Nine's bid to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches in 1976, Packer set up his own series by secretly signing agreements with leading Australian, English, Pakistani, South African and West Indian players, most notably England captain Tony Greig, West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, Australian captain Greg Chappell, future Pakistani captain Imran Khan and former Australian Captain Ian Chappell. Packer was aided by businessmen John Cornell and Austin Robertson, both of whom were involved with the initial setup and administration of the series.