World Series Cricket Australia XI
Cricket team
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Colours | Canary yellow | |
Founded | 1977 | |
Home ground | Various | |
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The World Series Cricket Australia XI was a cricket team representing Australia in World Series Cricket (WSC). Their first game was against the WSC West Indies in 1977. World Series Cricket ended in 1979 after the Australian XI tour to the West Indies. The side was made up of current Australian international cricketers and some recently retired former Test players. The side was captained by Ian Chappell who had recently retired from first-class and international cricket, but returned to captain the side.
Players
Australia XI | |
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Ian Chappell (c) | Ray Bright |
Greg Chappell | Trevor Chappell |
Ian Davis | Ross Edwards |
Gus Gilmour | David Hookes |
Martin Kent | Bruce Laird |
Rob Langer | Dennis Lillee |
Rick McCosker | Garth McKenzie |
Ashley Mallett | Mick Malone |
Rod Marsh | Kerry O'Keeffe |
Len Pascoe | Wayne Prior |
Ian Redpath | Richie Robinson |
Jeff Thomson | Max Walker |
Doug Walters | Graeme Watson |
Kepler Wessels | Dennis Yagmich |
Honours
- Runners-up 1977/78 International Cup
- Runners-up 1978/79 Supertest Series
- Runners-up 1978/79 International Cup
Records (Supertests)
Highest team total
Score (Overs) | Team | Versus | Venue | Date |
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538-6 (100.5) | ![]() | ![]() | VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria | 9–13 February 1978 |
415-6(128) | ![]() | ![]() | ARG, Antigua | 6–10 April 1979 |
393-5 (92.4) | ![]() | ![]() | Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia | 27–30 January 1978 |
388(105.2) | ![]() | ![]() | Football Park, Adelaide, South Australia | 31 December 1977 - 3 January 1978 |
366(121.5) | ![]() | ![]() | VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria | 21–23 December 1978 |
Most wickets
- Note: Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI |
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Dennis Lillee | ![]() | 14 | 522.1 | 106 | 1800 | 67 | 7/23 | 9/56 | 26.87 | 3.295 | 53.35 | 4 |
Ray Bright | ![]() | 15 | 420 | 97 | 1248 | 42 | 6/52 | 7/64 | 29.71 | 2.88 | 64.25 | 2 |
Max Walker | ![]() | 7 | 191 | 38 | 712 | 28 | 7/88 | 9/130 | 25.43 | 2.800 | 78.87 | 2 |
Len Pascoe | ![]() | 9 | 242.1 | 55 | 866 | 30 | 3/20 | 5/75 | 32.00 | 3.523 | 58.20 | 0 |
Gary Gilmour | ![]() | 7 | 255 | 56 | 784 | 23 | 4/26 | 7/129 | 34.87 | 3.097 | 3.09 | 0 |
Best bowling
Note: 5 wickets in an innings listed.
Bowling figures: Wickets-Runs (Overs) | Bowler | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
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7-23 (14) | Dennis Lillee | ![]() | ![]() | SCG | 21 Jan '79 |
7-88 (28.3) | Max Walker | ![]() | ![]() | RAS | 14 Jan '78 |
6-52 (23) | Ray Bright | ![]() | ![]() | SCG | 21 Jan '79 |
6-125 (33.2) | Dennis Lillee | ![]() | ![]() | ARG | 6 Apr '79 |
5-20 (12) | Greg Chappell | ![]() | ![]() | Football Park | 31 Dec '77 |
5-51 (18.5) | Dennis Lillee | ![]() | ![]() | SCG | 2 Feb '79 |
5-62 (14) | Max Walker | ![]() | ![]() | VFL Park | 9 Feb '78 |
5-78 (20) | Jeff Thomson | ![]() | ![]() | Queen's Park Oval | 16 March '79 |
5-82 (15) | Dennis Lillee | ![]() | ![]() | VFL Park | 9 Feb '78 |
5-149 (31.2) | Ray Bright | ![]() | ![]() | Gloucester Park | 27 Jan '78 |
Most runs in the tournament
- Note: Only top 5 players shown.
Player | Team | M | I | NO | Runs | Avg | 50s | 100s | HS |
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Greg Chappell | ![]() | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1415 | 56.60 | 5 | 4 | 246* |
Ian Chappell | ![]() | 14 | 27 | 2 | 893 | 35.72 | 5 | 1 | 141 |
David Hookes | ![]() | 12 | 22 | 2 | 771 | 38.55 | 7 | 1 | 116 |
Bruce Laird | ![]() | 13 | 26 | 1 | 630 | 25.20 | 3 | 1 | 122 |
Rod Marsh | ![]() | 15 | 28 | 1 | 531 | 19.67 | 1 | 1 | 102* |
Highest individual scores
Note: Only top five scores listed.
Runs | Batsman | Team | Versus | Venue | Date |
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246* | Greg Chappell | ![]() | ![]() | VFL Park | 9 Feb '78 |
174 | Greg Chappell | ![]() | ![]() | Gloucester Park | 27 Jan '78 |
150 | Greg Chappell | ![]() | ![]() | Queen's Park Oval | 16 Mar '79 |
141 | Ian Chappell | ![]() | ![]() | Football Park | 31 Dec '77 |
129 | Rick McCosker | ![]() | ![]() | VFL Park | 9 Feb '78 |
Record against opponents
Supertests
Opponent | Pld | W | L | D | NR |
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![]() | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
One Day Games
Opponent | Pld | W | L | A | NR |
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![]() | 24 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
See also
- World Series Cricket results
- World Series Cricket player records
- WSC West Indies XI
- WSC Rest Of The World XI
- WSC Cavaliers XI
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World Series Cricket
- WSC West Indies in Australia
- WSC World XI in Australia
- International Cup
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- Tour of New Zealand
- International Cup
- Supertest Series
- WSC Australia in the West Indies
- WSC Australia
- WSC Cavaliers XI
- WSC West Indies
- WSC World XI
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