Innovation Infused

Kerry Packer will be remembered by cricket lovers all the world over for such exciting cricketing innovations like playing under artificial lights and colour outfits. By pouring immense amounts of money into the game, he increased the competitiveness, and hence the acceptability of and interest in the game. Cricket became a game for the masses, and this spirit of innovation that he infused into the game with a telling effect, is the cornerstone of the raging popularity of the game. Twenty20 cricket and such rules as Power Play and Super-sub, which are making cricket more and more exciting all the time, are direct results of the innovative spirit that Packer injected into cricket administration.