World Series Cricket Australia XI

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World Series Cricket Australia XI
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Personnel
Captain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Chappell
Team information
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Founded1977
Home groundVarious
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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.

Contents

Players

Australia XI
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

Records (Supertests)

Highest team total

Highest team total (over 350 runs only)
Score
(Overs)
TeamVersusVenueDate
538-6 (100.5) Aus WSC.png Australia XI World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria 9–13 February 1978
415-6(128) Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI ARG, Antigua 6–10 April 1979
393-5 (92.4) Aus WSC.png Australia XI World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia 27–30 January 1978
388(105.2) Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI Football Park, Adelaide, South Australia 31 December 1977 - 3 January 1978
366(121.5) Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria 21–23 December 1978

Most wickets

  • Note: Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
PlayerTeamMatchesOversMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR5WI
Dennis Lillee Aus WSC.png Australia XI14522.11061800677/239/5626.873.29553.354
Ray Bright Aus WSC.png Australia XI15420971248426/527/6429.712.8864.252
Max Walker Aus WSC.png Australia XI719138712287/889/13025.432.80078.872
Len Pascoe Aus WSC.png Australia XI9242.155866303/205/7532.003.52358.200
Gary Gilmour Aus WSC.png Australia XI725556784234/267/12934.873.0973.090

Best bowling

Note: 5 wickets in an innings listed.

Bowling figures:
Wickets-Runs (Overs)
BowlerCountryVersusVenueDate
7-23 (14) Dennis Lillee Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI SCG 21 Jan '79
7-88 (28.3) Max Walker Aus WSC.png Australia XI World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI RAS 14 Jan '78
6-52 (23) Ray Bright Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI SCG 21 Jan '79
6-125 (33.2) Dennis Lillee Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI ARG 6 Apr '79
5-20 (12) Greg Chappell Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI Football Park 31 Dec '77
5-51 (18.5) Dennis Lillee Aus WSC.png Australia XI World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI SCG 2 Feb '79
5-62 (14) Max Walker Aus WSC.png Australia XI World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78
5-78 (20) Jeff Thomson Aus WSC.png Australia XIWindies WSC.png West Indies XI Queen's Park Oval 16 March '79
5-82 (15) Dennis Lillee Aus WSC.png Australia XI World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78
5-149 (31.2) Ray Bright Aus WSC.png Australia XI World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI Gloucester Park 27 Jan '78

Most runs in the tournament

  • Note: Only top 5 players shown.
PlayerTeam M I NO Runs Avg 50s 100s HS
Greg Chappell Aus WSC.png Australia XI14261141556.6054246*
Ian Chappell Aus WSC.png Australia XI1427289335.7251141
David Hookes Aus WSC.png Australia XI1222277138.5571116
Bruce Laird Aus WSC.png Australia XI1326163025.2031122
Rod Marsh Aus WSC.png Australia XI1528153119.6711102*

Highest individual scores

Note: Only top five scores listed.

RunsBatsmanTeamVersusVenueDate
246* Greg Chappell Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78
174 Greg Chappell Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI Gloucester Park 27 Jan '78
150 Greg Chappell Aus WSC.png AustraliaWindies WSC.png West Indie XIs Queen's Park Oval 16 Mar '79
141 Ian Chappell Aus WSC.png AustraliaWindies WSC.png West Indies XI Football Park 31 Dec '77
129 Rick McCosker Aus WSC.png Australia World WSC.png Rest Of The World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78

Record against opponents

Supertests

OpponentPldWLDNR
Windies WSC.png West Indies 103340
World WSC.png World XI 51400

One Day Games

OpponentPldWLANR
Windies WSC.png West Indies 2461701
World WSC.png World XI 178820
Cavaliers WSC.png Cavaliers 42110

See also