Howzat was an album by Australian band Sherbet

Sherbet (band)

Sherbet was one of the most prominent and successful Australian rock bands of the 1970s. Their biggest singles were "Summer Love" and "Howzat" , both reaching number one in Australia. "Howzat" was also a top 5 hit in the UK. Though the band's success in the U.S...

 released in 1976. It spent two weeks at number one on the Australian album charts in 1976. The title cut was also a number one hit and remains the group's biggest hit, especially outside of Australia, reaching the top 5 of the UK charts and also charting on the US Hot 100.

It is often used as a cricket anthem and is sometimes loudly played by ground organisers at limited-overs matches. "Howzat" is a catchcry used by cricketers when appealing

Appeal (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, an appeal is the act of a player on the fielding team asking an umpire for a decision regarding whether a batsman is out or not. According to the Laws of Cricket, an umpire may not rule a batsman out unless the fielding side appeals...

 to the umpire for a wicket

Wicket

In the sport of cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings:-Definitions of wicket:Most of the time, the wicket is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch...

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Track listing

1. "Howzat!"
2. "Motor Of Love"
3. "The Swap (You Can Get A Lot)"
4. "Can't Find True Love"
5. "I'll Be Coming Home"
6. "Lady Of The Night"
7. "Gimme' Love"
8. "If I Had My Way"
9. "Hollywood Dreaming"
10. "Dancer"
11. "Blueswalkin'"

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Australian Kent Music Report Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...  Albums Chart	1

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	1976	Festival	LP	L35905
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...	1976	Epic	LP	EPC 81623
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	1976	MCA	LP	MCA 2226