Exactly 40 years ago, the first floodlit match to be played on a traditional cricket ground, was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground where Ian Chappell's Australians clashed with Clive Lloyd's West Indians in the World Series Cricket (WSC) International Cup.

Packer and his team made a big effort in getting the SCG to host his one-day gig, and quite naturally he wanted to make it a big success. There was a good amount of build-up and promotions at the ground involved the sale of magazines. In Gideon Haigh's well-researched book, The Cricket War, he reveals that 5000 white balls were gifted to early entrants to the ground.