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Colours | Canary yellow | |
Founded | 1977 | |
Home ground | Various | |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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* |
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 |
Opponent | Pld | W | L | D | NR |
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![]() | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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 |