List of World Series Cricket international five-wicket hauls

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World Series Cricket (WSC) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979. [1]

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Formed by Australian business man Kerry Packer following the refusal of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) to accept the bid of Packer's Channel Nine to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches, World Series Cricket involved matches between WSC Australia XI, WSC World XI and WSC West Indies. The teams included leading Australian, English, Pakistani, South African and West Indian players, most notably England captain Tony Greig, West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, Australian captain Greg Chappell and former Australian captain Ian Chappell.

The teams played five day "Supertests" and one day "International Cup" matches in Australia and the West Indies. The first WSC game, a Supertest between the Australians and the West Indians, began at VFL Park on 2 December 1977.

Sixteen Supertest five wicket hauls were by players from all three of the WSC teams. The first of these was by Greg Chappell on 1 January 1978. Dennis Lillee's seven wickets for twenty three runs (7/23) was the best bowling figures in World Series Cricket and Lillee also holds the record for most Supertest five wicket hauls with four.

Eight International Cup five wicket hauls were taken during World Series Cricket, with Andy Roberts claiming the first on 3 February 1978. No player took more than one five wicket haul and WSC World XI player Garth Le Roux returned the best figures with five wickets for six runs, against WSC Australia XI.

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Supertest five wicket hauls

No.PlayerDateForAgainstInnVenueOversWktsRunsBatsmenResult
1 Greg Chappell 1 January 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 2 Football Park, Adelaide 12*520Won [2]
2 Max Walker 16 January 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 2 RAS Showground, Sydney 28.3*788Lost [3]
3 Andy Roberts 17 January 1978 World WSC.png World XI Aus WSC.png Australia 3RAS Showground, Sydney12*669Won [3]
4 Ray Bright 28 January 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 1 Gloucester Park, Perth 31.3*5149Lost [4]
5 Joel Garner 12 February 1978 World WSC.png World XI Aus WSC.png Australia 3 VFL Park, Melbourne 14.7*552Lost [5]
6 Dennis Lillee 13 February 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 4VFL Park, Melbourne15*582Won [5]
7 Max Walker 13 February 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 4VFL Park, Melbourne14*562Won [5]
8 Dennis Lillee 5 November 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 2 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland 18759Won [6]
9 Richard Hadlee 5 November 1978 World WSC.png World XI Aus WSC.png Australia 3Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland15526Lost [6]
10 Dennis Lillee 6 November 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 4Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland14530Won [6]
11 Garth Le Roux 9 December 1978 World WSC.png World XI Aus WSC.png Australia 2VFL Park, Melbourne25.5539Won [7]
12 Ray Bright 21 January 1979 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 1 SCG, Sydney 23652Won [8]
13 Colin Croft 23 January 1979Windies WSC.png West Indies Aus WSC.png Australia 2SCG, Sydney26565Lost [8]
14 Dennis Lillee 24 January 1979 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 3SCG, Sydney14723Won [8]
15 Garth Le Roux 2 February 1979 World WSC.png World XI Aus WSC.png Australia 1SCG, Sydney18.4557Won [9]
16 Dennis Lillee 3 February 1979 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 2SCG, Sydney18.5551Lost [9]
17 Michael Holding 16 March 1979Windies WSC.png West Indies Aus WSC.png Australia 1 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 21548Lost [10]
18 Jeff Thomson 18 March 1979 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 2Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain20578Won [10]
19 Dennis Lillee 9 April 1979 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 2 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's 33.26125Won [11]

International Cup five wicket hauls

No.PlayerDateForAgainstInnVenueOversWktsRunsBatsmenResult
1 Andy Roberts 3 February 1978Windies WSC.png West Indies World WSC.png World XI 2 RAS Showground, Sydney 8*517Won [12]
2 Wayne Daniel 5 February 1978Windies WSC.png West Indies Aus WSC.png Australia 2RAS Showground, Sydney5.7*529Won [13]
3 Greg Chappell 28 November 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 1 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney9.3519Won [14]
4 Len Pascoe 18 December 1978 Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png World XI 2 VFL Park, Melbourne10530Won [15]
5 Garth Le Roux 1 January 1979 World WSC.png World XI Aus WSC.png Australia 1 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane6.156Won [16]
6 Max Walker 9 January 1979 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 2VFL Park, Melbourne10523Won [17]
7 Jeff Thomson 21 February 1979 Aus WSC.png Australia Windies WSC.png West Indies 1 Sabina Park, Kingston 7.3531Won [18]
8 Colin Croft 4 April 1979Windies WSC.png West Indies Aus WSC.png Australia 1 Windsor Park, Roseau 9521Won [19]

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