# World Series Cricket player records

The following lists are of records in Supertests played in World Series Cricket from 1977 to 1979.

## Supertests

Records from all Supertests played in World Series Cricket. There were four series of Supertests:
* 1977/78: Australia v West Indies (3 Matches)
* 1978: Australia v World XI (3)
* 1978/79: Australia v West Indies v World XI (5 [3 round robin, 1 semi-final, 1 final])
* 1979: West Indies v Australia (5)

## Team records
### Results

| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | W/L | %W | %L | %D |
| Australia | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 26.66 | 46.66 | 26.66 |
| West Indies | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0.75 | 27.27 | 36.36 | 36.36 |
| World XI | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 83.33 | 16.66 | 0 |
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### Highest team total

Highest team total (450 plus) :
| Score (Overs) | Team | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 625 (114.3) | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia | 27-30 January 1978 |
| 538-6 (100.5) | Australia | World XI | VFL Park, Melbourne, Victoria | 9-13 February 1978 |
| 481(109.4) | West Indies | Australia | Sabina Park, Jamaica | 23-26 February 1979 |
| 476-5 (113.1) | West Indies | Australia | Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana | 25-28 March 1979 |
| 471(163.3) | World XI | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground, New South Wales | 21-23 December 1978 |
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## Bowling
### Most wickets in the tournament

* Note: Only top 10 players shown. Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI |
| Dennis Lillee | Australia | 14 | 522.1 | 106 | 1800 | 67 | 7/23 | 9/56 | 26.87 | 3.295 | 53.35 | 4 |
| Andy Roberts | West Indies | 13 | 417.3 | 99 | 1207 | 50 | 6/69 | 7/104 | 24.14 | 2.608 | 56.68 | 1 |
| Ray Bright | Australia | 15 | 420 | 97 | 1248 | 42 | 6/52 | 7/64 | 29.71 | 2.88 | 64.25 | 2 |
| Michael Holding | West Indies | 9 | 255.1 | 37 | 808 | 35 | 5/48 | 7/97 | 23.09 | 2.993 | 44.45 | 1 |
| Joel Garner | West Indies | 7 | 284.3 | 43 | 867 | 35 | 5/52 | 7/113 | 24.77 | 2.598 | 62.25 | 1 |
| Colin Croft | West Indies | 7 | 291.7 | 55 | 866 | 30 | 5/65 | 6/104 | 28.87 | 2.835 | 58.20 | 1 |
| Len Pascoe | Australia | 9 | 242.1 | 55 | 866 | 30 | 3/20 | 5/75 | 32.00 | 3.523 | 58.20 | 0 |
| Max Walker | Australia | 7 | 191 | 38 | 712 | 28 | 7/88 | 9/130 | 25.43 | 2.800 | 78.87 | 2 |
| Imran Khan | World XI | 5 | 146.5 | 27 | 521 | 25 | 4/24 | 7/103 | 20.84 | 3.150 | 40.05 | 0 |
| Gary Gilmour | Australia | 7 | 255 | 56 | 784 | 23 | 4/26 | 7/129 | 34.87 | 3.097 | 66.50 | 0 |
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### Best innings bowling figures

Note: Only top ten performances listed.
| Bowling figures: Wickets-Runs (Overs) | Bowler | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 7-23 (14) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground | 21 January 1979 |
| 7-88 (28.3) | Max Walker | Australia | World XI | RAS | 14 January 1978 |
| 6-52 (23) | Ray Bright | Australia | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground | 21 January 1979 |
| 6-69 (12) | Andy Roberts | World XI | Australia | RAS | 14 January 1978 |
| 6-81 (54.4) | Albert Padmore | West Indies | Australia | Queen's Park Oval | 16 March 1979 |
| 6-125 (33.2) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | West Indies | Antigua Recreation Ground | 6 April 1979 |
| 5-20 (12) | Greg Chappell | Australia | West Indies | Football Park | 31 December 1977 |
| 5-39 (25.5) | Garth Le Roux | World XI | Australia | VFL Park | 8 December 1978 |
| 5-48 (21) | Michael Holding | West Indies | Australia | Queen's Park Oval | 16 March 1979 |
| 5-51 (18.5) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | World XI | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 February 1979 |
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### Best match bowling figures

Note: Only top ten performances listed.
| Bowling figures: Wickets-Runs (Overs) | Bowler | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 9-56 (29) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground | 21 January 1979 |
| 9-101 (36.1) | Garth Le Roux | World XI | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 February 1979 |
| 9-130 (39) | Max Walker | Australia | World XI | RAS | 14 January 1978 |
| 8-168 (43.2) | Dennis Lillee | Australia | West Indies | Sabina Park | 23 February 1979 |
| 8-64 (30.5) | Ray Bright | Australia | West Indies | Sydney Cricket Ground | 21 January 1979 |
| 7-97 (49.0) | Michael Holding | West Indies | Australia | Queen's Park Oval | 16 March 1979 |
| 7-103 (26.0) | Imran Khan | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park | 27 January 1978 |
| 7-104 (28) | Andy Roberts | West Indies | Australia | VFL Park | 2 December 1977 |
| 7-113 (26) | Joel Garner | West Indies | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 16 December 1977 |
| 7-113 (27) | Max Walker | Australia | World XI | VFL Park | 9 February 1978 |
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### Best match bowling averages

* Note: Only top 10 players shown.
| Player | Team | Matches | Balls | Runs | Wkts | Ave | BBI | BBM | Econ | SR | 5WI |
| Garth Le Roux | World XI | 3 | 648 | 270 | 17 | 15.88 | 5/39 | 9/101 | 2.50 | 38.1 | 2 |
| Mike Proctor | World XI | 4 | 494 | 225 | 14 | 16.07 | 4/33 | 5/58 | 2.73 | 35.2 | 0 |
| Imran Khan | World XI | 5 | 999 | 521 | 25 | 20.84 | 4/24 | 7/103 | 3.12 | 39.9 | 0 |
| Michael Holding | West Indies | 9 | 1643 | 808 | 35 | 23.08 | 5/48 | 7/97 | 2.95 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Andy Roberts | West Indies | 13 | 2809 | 1207 | 50 | 24.14 | 6/69 | 7/104 | 2.57 | 56.1 | 1 |
| Clive Rice | World XI | 3 | 402 | 169 | 7 | 24.14 | 2/38 | 3/64 | 2.52 | 57.4 | 0 |
| Joel Garner | West Indies | 7 | 1985 | 867 | 35 | 24.77 | 5/52 | 7/113 | 2.62 | 56.7 | 1 |
| Max Walker | Australia | 7 | 1430 | 712 | 28 | 24.77 | 7/88 | 9/130 | 2.98 | 51.0 | 2 |
| Greg Chappell | Australia | 14 | 352 | 156 | 6 | 26.00 | 5/20 | 5/45 | 2.65 | 58.6 | 1 |
| Richard Austin | West Indies | 2 | 267 | 133 | 5 | 26.60 | 3/59 | 3/109 | 2.98 | 53.4 | 0 |
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## Batting
### Most runs in the tournament

* Note : Only top 10 players shown.
| Player | Team | M | I | NO | Runs | Avg | 100s | 50s | HS |
| Greg Chappell | Australia | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1415 | 56.60 | 5 | 4 | 246* |
| Viv Richards | West Indies | 14 | 25 | 2 | 1281 | 55.70 | 4 | 4 | 177 |
| Ian Chappell | Australia | 14 | 27 | 2 | 893 | 35.72 | 1 | 5 | 141 |
| David Hookes | Australia | 12 | 22 | 2 | 771 | 38.55 | 1 | 7 | 116 |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 13 | 23 | 2 | 754 | 35.90 | 1 | 4 | 140 |
| Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 13 | 21 | 3 | 683 | 37.94 | 1 | 3 | 197 |
| Bruce Laird | Australia | 13 | 26 | 1 | 630 | 25.20 | 3 | 1 | 122 |
| Roy Fredericks | West Indies | 10 | 18 | 0 | 621 | 34.50 | 0 | 4 | 89 |
| Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | 9 | 15 | 2 | 570 | 43.85 | 2 | 2 | 175 |
| Barry Richards | World XI | 5 | 8 | 1 | 554 | 79.14 | 2 | 2 | 207 |
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### Highest average in the tournament

* Note : Only top 10 players shown. Not including Barry Richards who only played one series.'
| Player | Team | M | I | NO | Runs | Avg | 100s | 50s | HS |
| Greg Chappell | Australia | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1415 | 56.60 | 5 | 4 | 246* |
| Vivian Richards | West Indies | 14 | 25 | 2 | 1281 | 55.70 | 4 | 4 | 177 |
| Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | 9 | 15 | 2 | 570 | 43.85 | 2 | 2 | 175 |
| David Hookes | Australia | 12 | 22 | 2 | 771 | 38.55 | 1 | 7 | 116 |
| Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 13 | 21 | 3 | 683 | 37.94 | 1 | 3 | 197 |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 13 | 23 | 2 | 754 | 35.90 | 1 | 4 | 140 |
| Ian Chappell | Australia | 14 | 27 | 2 | 893 | 35.72 | 1 | 5 | 141 |
| Roy Fredericks | West Indies | 10 | 18 | 0 | 621 | 34.50 | 0 | 4 | 89 |
| Andy Roberts | West Indies | 13 | 20 | 6 | 439 | 31.35 | 0 | 2 | 89 |
| Deryck Murray | West Indies | 10 | 15 | 2 | 377 | 29.00 | 0 | 2 | 82 |
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### Highest individual scores

Note: Only top ten scores listed.
| Runs | Batsman | Team | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 246* | Greg Chappell | Australia | World XI | VFL Park | 9 February 1978 |
| 207 | Barry Richards | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park | 27 January 1978 |
| 197 | Clive Lloyd | West Indies | Australia | Sabina Park | 23 February 1979 |
| 177 | Viv Richards | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park | 28 January 1978 |
| 175 | Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | Australia | VFL Park | 12 January 1979 |
| 174 | Greg Chappell | Australia | World XI | Gloucester Park | 27 January 1978 |
| 170 | Viv Richards | World XI | Australia | VFL Park | 9 February 1978 |
| 150 | Greg Chappell | Australia | West Indies | Queen's Park Oval | 16 March 1979 |
| 141 | Ian Chappell | Australia | West Indies | Football Park | 31 December 1977 |
| 140 | Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | World XI | Gloucester Park | 27 January 1978 |
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* Viv Richards played for the World XI in the 1977/78 Supertests against Australia.

### Highest partnerships by wicket

| Wicket | Runs | First batsman | Second batsman | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 1st wicket | 234* | Gordon Greenidge | Barry Richards | World XI | Australia | Gloucester Park | 27 January 1978 |
| 2nd wicket | 219 | Rick McCosker | Greg Chappell | Australia | World XI | VFL Park | 9 February 1978 |
| 3rd wicket | 124 | Richard Austin | Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | Australia | VFL Park | 12 January 1979 |
| 4th wicket | 152 | Greg Chappell | David Hookes | Australia | World XI | VFL Park | 9 February 1978 |
| 5th wicket | 121 | Lawrence Rowe | Clive Lloyd | West Indies | Australia | VFL Park | 12 January 1979 |
| 6th wicket | 226 | Clive Lloyd | Andy Roberts | West Indies | Australia | Sabina Park | 23 February 1979 |
| 7th wicket | 161* | Rod Marsh | Ray Bright | Australia | West Indies | Antigua Recreation Ground | 6 April 1979 |
| 8th wicket | 116 | Greg Chappell | Ray Bright | Australia | World XI | Gloucester Park | 27 January 1978 |
| 9th wicket | 42 | Alan Knott | Andy Roberts | World XI | Australia | VFL Park | 9 February 1978 |
| 10th wicket | 78 | Alan Knott | Wayne Daniel | World XI | Australia | VFL Park | 9 February 1978 |
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