In the Shadow of Packer
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In the Shadow of Packer

England's Winter Tour of Pakistan and New Zealand 1977/78

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eBook - ePub

In the Shadow of Packer

England's Winter Tour of Pakistan and New Zealand 1977/78

About this book

On the back of winning the Ashes in the summer of 1977, England headed off on a grueling and punishing four-month winter tour of Pakistan and New Zealand—the first without the MCC moniker. Events prior to that tour were to have a massive impact on the world of cricket with Kerry Packer having announced, prior to the summer's Ashes, plans to hold his first season of World Series Cricket; which would coincide with the England tour. The Pakistan leg of the tour saw rioting at matches, caused by political unrest in the country. On the pitch, history would be created by the slowest-ever Test century scored by Mudassar Nazar. Skipper Mike Brearley was to head home with a broken arm with Geoff Boycott taking over and captaining England for the first time. Promising youngster Ian Botham recorded a debut maiden century, and future England captain Mike Gatting made his Test debut. When the tourists arrived in New Zealand they lost to the hosts, led by Mark Burgess, for the first time in Test cricket. In the Shadow of Packer tells the story of this historic and tumultuous tour.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2016
eBook ISBN
9781785312243
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Foreword by Bob Willis
  8. Author’s Foreword –The Times They Are A Changing!
  9. Introduction – The Build-Up To Departure
  10. 1. A New Dawn – England take the Night Flight for Pakistan
  11. 2. England take on Pakistan at the Gaddafi Stadium
  12. 3. The Hyderabad Test and the Sialkot one-day international
  13. 4. The Pakistan leg of the winter tour comes to an end
  14. 5. England arrive in New Zealand for the second leg of the winter tour
  15. 6. England historically sink at the Basin!
  16. 7. The tour concludes in Auckland
  17. Appendix A: The tour results in Pakistan & New Zealand
  18. Appendix B: Questions to Mike Brearley, Bob Willis and Bob Taylor
  19. Appendix C: Interview with Mark Burgess
  20. Appendix D: Interview with Mudassar Nazar
  21. Appendix E: Where are they now?
  22. Appendix F: Tour memorabilia
  23. Bibliography
  24. Photographs