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Outside Australia, Packer was best known for founding World Series Cricket. At the time of his death, he was the richest and one of the most influential men in Australia. In 2004, Business Review Weekly magazine estimated Packer's net worth at A$6.5 billion. [3] Early life. Kerry Packer was born on 17 December 1937 in Sydney, Australia.
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World Series Cricket (WSC) was a commercial professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 which was organised by Kerry Packer and his Australian television network, Nine Network. WSC ran in commercial competition to established international cricket.
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Dec 7, 2017 · Long Room. The Cricket War – The Story of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket. by Gideon Haigh December 7, 2017 - 3:52pm 10 minute read. Gideon Haigh relives the night that changed the game forever, as a near-capacity crowd turned out for a floodlit match at the SCG between the WSC Australia and West Indies sides.
May 2, 2017 · Tall tales and a big vision: Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket 40 years on. A BBC radio documentary this week reflects on how the brash Australian revolutionised cricket and how the...
Bernard O'Riordan, Sydney. Mon 26 Dec 2005 20.59 EST. Kerry Packer, Australia's wealthiest man whose media empire dominates its television and magazine landscape, died at his Sydney home last...
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Overview. News. Photos. Full Name. Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer. Born. December 17, 1937, Sydney, New South Wales. Died. December 26, 2005, Sydney, New South Wales, (aged 68y 9d) Kerry...
Apr 15, 2006 · PACKER, KERRY FRANCIS BULLMORE, AC, who died on December 26, 2005, aged 68, was the media tycoon whose intervention in cricket created the finances, shape and tone of the modern game.
