# World Series Cricket Australia XI

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 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

* 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 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

* Note: Sorted by wickets then bowling average.
| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WI |
| 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

Note: 5 wickets in an innings listed.
| Bowling figures: Wickets-Runs (Overs) | Bowler | Country | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 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

* Note: Only top 5 players shown.
| Player | Team | M | I | NO | Runs | Avg | 50s | 100s | HS |
| 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

Note: Only top five scores listed.
| Runs | Batsman | Team | Versus | Venue | Date |
| 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
### Supertests

| Opponent | Pld | W | L | D | NR |
| West Indies | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| World XI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |

### One Day Games

| Opponent | Pld | W | L | A | NR |
| West Indies | 24 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| World XI | 17 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Cavaliers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |