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

Australia
Ian Chappell (c)Ray Bright
Greg ChappellTrevor Chappell
Ian DavisRoss Edwards
Gus GilmourDavid Hookes
Martin KentBruce Laird
Rob LangerDennis Lillee
Rick McCoskerGarth McKenzie
Ashley MallettMick Malone
Rod MarshKerry O'Keeffe
Len PascoeWayne Prior
Ian RedpathRichie Robinson
Jeff ThomsonMax Walker
Doug WaltersGraeme Watson
Kepler 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)TeamVersusVenueDate
538-6 (100.5)AustraliaWorld XIVFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria9–13 February 1978
415-6(128)AustraliaWest IndiesARG, Antigua6–10 April 1979
393-5 (92.4)AustraliaWorld XIGloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia27–30 January 1978
388(105.2)AustraliaWest IndiesFootball Park, Adelaide, South Australia31 December 1977 - 3 January 1978
366(121.5)AustraliaWest IndiesVFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria21–23 December 1978

Most wickets

  • Note: Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
PlayerTeamMatchesOversMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR5WI
Dennis LilleeAustralia14522.11061800677/239/5626.873.29553.354
Ray BrightAustralia15420971248426/527/6429.712.8864.252
Max WalkerAustralia719138712287/889/13025.432.80078.872
Len PascoeAustralia9242.155866303/205/7532.003.52358.200
Gary GilmourAustralia725556784234/267/12934.873.0973.090

Best bowling

Note: 5 wickets in an innings listed.

Bowling figures: Wickets-Runs (Overs)BowlerCountryVersusVenueDate
7-23 (14)Dennis LilleeAustraliaWest IndiesSCG21 Jan '79
7-88 (28.3)Max WalkerAustraliaWorld XIRAS14 Jan '78
6-52 (23)Ray BrightAustraliaWest IndiesSCG21 Jan '79
6-125 (33.2)Dennis LilleeAustraliaWest IndiesARG6 Apr '79
5-20 (12)Greg ChappellAustraliaWest IndiesFootball Park31 Dec '77
5-51 (18.5)Dennis LilleeAustraliaWorld XISCG2 Feb '79
5-62 (14)Max WalkerAustraliaWorld XIVFL Park9 Feb '78
5-78 (20)Jeff ThomsonAustraliaWest IndiesQueen's Park Oval16 March '79
5-82 (15)Dennis LilleeAustraliaWorld XIVFL Park9 Feb '78
5-149 (31.2)Ray BrightAustraliaWorld XIGloucester Park27 Jan '78

Most runs in the tournament

  • Note: Only top 5 players shown.
PlayerTeamMINORunsAvg50s100sHS
Greg ChappellAustralia14261141556.6054246*
Ian ChappellAustralia1427289335.7251141
David HookesAustralia1222277138.5571116
Bruce LairdAustralia1326163025.2031122
Rod MarshAustralia1528153119.6711102*

Highest individual scores

Note: Only top five scores listed.

RunsBatsmanTeamVersusVenueDate
246*Greg ChappellAustraliaWorld XIVFL Park9 Feb '78
174Greg ChappellAustraliaWorld XIGloucester Park27 Jan '78
150Greg ChappellAustraliaWest IndiesQueen's Park Oval16 Mar '79
141Ian ChappellAustraliaWest IndiesFootball Park31 Dec '77
129Rick McCoskerAustraliaWorld XIVFL Park9 Feb '78

Record against opponents

Supertests

OpponentPldWLDNR
West Indies103340
World XI51400

One Day Games

OpponentPldWLANR
West Indies2461701
World XI178820
Cavaliers42110

See also