World Series Cricket Australia XI

Cricket team

World Series Cricket Australia XI

Personnel
Captain|  Ian Chappell
Team information
Colours| Canary yellow
Founded| 1977
Home ground| Various

WSC Australia XI Kit

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

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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

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* Runners-up 1977/78 International Cup
* Runners-up 1978/79 Supertest Series
* Runners-up 1978/79 International Cup

## Records (Supertests)

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### Highest team total

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Highest team total (over 350 runs only)  Score
(Overs) | Team  | Versus  | Venue  | Date

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538-6 (100.5) |  Australia XI  |  Rest Of The World XI | VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria | 9–13 February 1978
415-6(128) |  Australia XI  |  West Indies XI | ARG, Antigua | 6–10 April 1979
393-5 (92.4) |  Australia XI  |  Rest Of The World XI | Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia | 27–30 January 1978
388(105.2) |  Australia XI  |  West Indies XI | Football Park, Adelaide, South Australia | 31 December 1977 - 3 January 1978
366(121.5) |  Australia XI  |  West Indies XI | VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria | 21–23 December 1978

### Most wickets

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* 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 |  Australia XI | 14 | 522.1 | 106 | 1800 | 67 | 7/23 | 9/56 | 26.87 | 3.295 | 53.35 | 4
Ray Bright |  Australia XI | 15 | 420 | 97 | 1248 | 42 | 6/52 | 7/64 | 29.71 | 2.88 | 64.25 | 2
Max Walker |  Australia XI | 7 | 191 | 38 | 712 | 28 | 7/88 | 9/130 | 25.43 | 2.800 | 78.87 | 2
Len Pascoe |  Australia XI | 9 | 242.1 | 55 | 866 | 30 | 3/20 | 5/75 | 32.00 | 3.523 | 58.20 | 0
Gary Gilmour |  Australia XI | 7 | 255 | 56 | 784 | 23 | 4/26 | 7/129 | 34.87 | 3.097 | 3.09 | 0

### Best bowling

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

### Most runs in the tournament

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* Note: Only top 5 players shown.

Player  | Team  | M | I | NO | Runs  | Avg | 50s | 100s | HS

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Greg Chappell |  Australia XI | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1415 | 56.60 | 5 | 4 | 246*
Ian Chappell |  Australia XI | 14 | 27 | 2 | 893 | 35.72 | 5 | 1 | 141
David Hookes |  Australia XI | 12 | 22 | 2 | 771 | 38.55 | 7 | 1 | 116
Bruce Laird |  Australia XI | 13 | 26 | 1 | 630 | 25.20 | 3 | 1 | 122
Rod Marsh |  Australia XI | 15 | 28 | 1 | 531 | 19.67 | 1 | 1 | 102*

### Highest individual scores

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Note: Only top five scores listed.

Runs  | Batsman  | Team  | Versus  | Venue  | Date

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

## Record against opponents

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### Supertests

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Opponent  | Pld  | W  | L  | D  | NR

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West Indies | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0
World XI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0

### One Day Games

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Opponent  | Pld  | W  | L  | A  | NR

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West Indies | 24 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1
World XI | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0
Cavaliers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0

## See also

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* 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

Series (1977–78)|

* WSC West Indies in Australia
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Series (1978–79)|

* Tour of New Zealand
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* Supertest Series
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