Cast members at a preview screening of Howzat! Kerry Packer's
War from left, Adam Zwar (Peter McFarline), Lachy
Hulme (Kerry Packer), Damon Gameau (Greg Chappell) and Ryan O'Kane (Jeff Thomson)
Picture: Derrick Den Hollander Source: HWT Image Library
The Herald Sun reports
In cricketing parlance, part one of Howzat! Kerry Packer's War belted
them over the fence and is sitting on a tidy century, not out.
In TV ratings
terms, the Channel 9 TV drama hit 'em for six, trending worldwide on Twitter
and pulling a five-city metro audience of 2.097 million when it made its debut
on Sunday night.
Lead actor
Lachy Hulme was singled out for the most plaudits, stunning audiences with his
physical transformation as the complex media mogul.
The cast, which
included Brendan Cowell, Matt Le Nevez, Abe Forsythe and Clayton Watson,
embraced the mo-tastic 1970s and convinced as the rebel guards behind Packer's
revolution of the sport.
Tapping into
the audience's love of nostalgia, the Howzat! soundtrack yesterday broke
into the iTunes top 10 album sales chart -- less than 24 hours after its
release.
Cricket fans
took to Twitter to praise the show.
"Every
cricketer today should be so thankful for what Kerry Packer and the players did
in the 70's . . . especially Ian Chappell and Richie (Benaud). PS don't forget
what John Cornell and Austin Robertson did too . . . All I can say is thank you
to everyone concerned for what you did. In finishing, thank you Kerry we all
miss you very much," spin king Shane Warne tweeted.
On a comic
note, impersonator Billy Birmingham tweeted: "I'm f---ing lovin this.
Kerry f---in Packer is f---in great. F---in Richie is not f---in bad in the
f---in looks dept. but the f---in voice?"
Part two of Howzat!
Kerry Packer's War airs on Nine on Sunday.
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