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 AustraliaIan Chappell (c)Ray BrightGreg ChappellTrevor ChappellIan DavisRoss EdwardsGus GilmourDavid HookesMartin KentBruce LairdRob LangerDennis LilleeRick McCoskerGarth McKenzieAshley MallettMick MaloneRod MarshKerry O'KeeffeLen PascoeWayne PriorIan RedpathRichie RobinsonJeff ThomsonMax WalkerDoug WaltersGraeme WatsonKepler WesselsDennis 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 +Highest team total (over 350 runs only) Score (Overs) Team Versus Venue Date 538-6 (100.5) Australia World XI VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria 9–13 February 1978 415-6(128) Australia West Indies ARG, Antigua 6–10 April 1979 393-5 (92.4) Australia World XI Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia 27–30 January 1978 388(105.2) Australia West Indies Football Park, Adelaide, South Australia 31 December 1977 - 3 January 1978 366(121.5) Australia West Indies VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria 21–23 December 1978
Most wickets
Player Team Matches Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 5WIDennis Lillee Australia 14 522.1 106 1800 67 7/23 9/56 26.87 3.295 53.35 4Ray Bright Australia 15 420 97 1248 42 6/52 7/64 29.71 2.88 64.25 2Max Walker Australia 7 191 38 712 28 7/88 9/130 25.43 2.800 78.87 2Len Pascoe Australia 9 242.1 55 866 30 3/20 5/75 32.00 3.523 58.20 0Gary Gilmour Australia 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 7-23 (14) Dennis Lillee Australia West Indies SCG 21 Jan '79 7-88 (28.3) Max Walker Australia World XI RAS 14 Jan '78 6-52 (23) Ray Bright Australia West Indies SCG 21 Jan '79 6-125 (33.2) Dennis Lillee Australia West Indies ARG 6 Apr '79 5-20 (12) Greg Chappell Australia West Indies Football Park 31 Dec '77 5-51 (18.5) Dennis Lillee Australia World XI SCG 2 Feb '79 5-62 (14) Max Walker Australia World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78 5-78 (20) Jeff Thomson Australia West Indies Queen's Park Oval 16 March '79 5-82 (15) Dennis Lillee Australia World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78 5-149 (31.2) Ray Bright Australia World XI Gloucester Park 27 Jan '78
Most runs in the tournament
Player Team M I NO Runs Avg 50s 100s HSGreg Chappell Australia 14 26 1 1415 56.60 5 4 246*Ian Chappell Australia 14 27 2 893 35.72 5 1 141David Hookes Australia 12 22 2 771 38.55 7 1 116Bruce Laird Australia 13 26 1 630 25.20 3 1 122Rod Marsh Australia 15 28 1 53119.67 1 1 102*
Highest individual scores Note: Only top five scores listed. Runs Batsman Team Versus Venue Date 246* Greg Chappell Australia World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78 174 Greg Chappell Australia World XI Gloucester Park 27 Jan '78 150 Greg Chappell Australia West Indies Queen's Park Oval 16 Mar '79 141 Ian Chappell Australia West Indies Football Park 31 Dec '77 129 Rick McCosker Australia World XI VFL Park 9 Feb '78
Record against opponents Supertests OpponentPldWLD NR West Indies103340 World XI51400
One Day Games OpponentPldWLANR West Indies2461701 World XI178820 Cavaliers42110
See also World Series Cricket results World Series Cricket player records WSC West Indies WSC World XI WSC Cavaliers
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