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The average test player earnt ordinary money. I played first-class cricket during this era and know exactly how hard it was to get by.
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Well i wasn't talking FC cricket- i was talking Test cricket. In anycase, you should be very well aware then that player salaries didnt start to go up in County/FC cricket until the mid/late 80s. Almost a decade after Packer ended. So i fail to see why Packer deserves kudos for this, since his stuff had zilch lasting effect.
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Packer intoduced commercialim to the game, pure and simple.
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And it didnt benifit cricket one iota. Simply because right after Packer years, thing slid back to 'same ol same ol'. So he didnt introduce anything. I fail to see how it is an 'introduction and revolution' if the principles do not stick.
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Get real! It has been a staple diet for cricket watchers since WSC!
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That is inaccurate. Like i said, stump mics wern't introduced in Test/ODI cricket till mid/late 1980s.
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Aus, for all its' faults has been at the world forefront of cricket, golf, motor-sports, etc coverage for decades. Dalmiya had NO INFLUENCE in this area.
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Your borad is negotiating a multi-milliondollar deal with the tv rights and player salaries have increased astronomically since the early 90s. Much higher than the average inflation-driven price increase. Thank Dalmiya for that, not Packer. Simply because nobody followed Packer in this area but Dalmiya is able to make changes.
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Name one area where Dalmiya has done anything other than build upon Packer's legacy.
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He made them permanent and actually created a permanent legacy, instead of a temporary whirlwind of Packer mania.
That is the decisive break right there. And mostly, from the economic angle, Dalmiya instituted what packer showed at a bigger and broader scale.
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What did Dalmiya achieve?
Couple of World Cups In Asia.
Wake up. The rest of the world embraced globalisation.
Television rights?
Packer showed him the way and history has proven that Dalmiya sold out too cheap.
Packer introduced professionalism to cricket.
Dalmiya followed through.
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If Dalmiya sold it cheap, then i fear Packer for all his business sense literally gave it away for free.
And you need to get your facts straight. The rest of the world might've embraced globalisation. But cricket still hadn't and Dalmiya changed that. Not Packer. Dalmiya.
Dalmiya had a direct influence in the rise of player salaries. Packer had negligible impact there.
I think you should check your facts and then re-read the article i posted.