Answer:
Kerry
Packer, an Australian tycoon, saw the money-making potential of cricket as a
televised sport.
(i) In 1971, the first One-day International match was played between England
and Australia in Melbourne.
(ii) The popularity of this shortened version of the game
led to the First World Cup being successfully played in 1975.
(iii) Then in 1977, Kerry Packer signed up fifty-one of
the world's leading cricketers against the wishes of the national cricket
boards and for about two years staged unofficial Tests and ODIs under the name
of World Series Cricket.
(iv) While Packer's 'circus' was folded up after two
years, the innovations he introduced during that time made cricket more
attractive to the television audience and changed the nature of the game.
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