# List of World Series Cricket international five-wicket hauls

World Series Cricket (WSC) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979.
Formed by Australian business man Kerry Packer following the refusal of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) to accept the bid of Packer's Channel Nine to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches, World Series Cricket involved matches between WSC Australia XI, WSC World XI and WSC West Indies. The teams included leading Australian, English, Pakistani, South African and West Indian players, most notably England captain Tony Greig, West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, Australian captain Greg Chappell and former Australian captain Ian Chappell.
The teams played five day "Supertests" and one day "International Cup" matches in Australia and the West Indies. The first WSC game, a Supertest between the Australians and the West Indians, began at VFL Park on 2 December 1977.
Sixteen Supertest five wicket hauls were by players from all three of the WSC teams. The first of these was by Greg Chappell on 1 January 1978. Dennis Lillee's seven wickets for twenty three runs (7/23) was the best bowling figures in World Series Cricket and Lillee also holds the record for most Supertest five wicket hauls with four.
Eight International Cup five wicket hauls were taken during World Series Cricket, with Andy Roberts claiming the first on 3 February 1978. No player took more than one five wicket haul and WSC World XI player Garth Le Roux returned the best figures with five wickets for six runs, against WSC Australia XI.

## Key

* Date – Date the fifth wicket was taken.
* Inn – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken.
* Overs – Number of overs bowled in that innings.
* * - Overs consisting of eight deliveries.
* Runs – Runs conceded.
* Wkts – Number of wickets taken.
* Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul.
* Result – The result for the player's team in that match.

## Supertest five wicket hauls

| No. | Player | Date | For | Against | Inn | Venue | Overs | Wkts | Runs | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | Greg Chappell | 1 January 1978 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | Football Park, Adelaide | 12* | 5 | 20 | RC Fredericks CG Greenidge LG Rowe CL King J Garner | Won |
| 2 | Max Walker | 16 January 1978 | Australia | World XI | 2 | RAS Showground, Sydney | 28.3* | 7 | 88 | CG Greenidge CH Lloyd AW Greig IVA Richards MJ Procter AME Roberts J Garner | Lost |
| 3 | Andy Roberts | 17 January 1978 | World XI | Australia | 3 | RAS Showground, Sydney | 12* | 6 | 69 | BM Laird RS Langer IM Chapell GS Chappell RW Marsh GJ Gilmour | Won |
| 4 | Ray Bright | 28 January 1978 | Australia | World XI | 1 | Gloucester Park, Perth | 31.3* | 5 | 149 | BA Richards Imran Khan APE Knott CG Greenidge WW Daniel | Lost |
| 5 | Joel Garner | 12 February 1978 | World XI | Australia | 3 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 14.7* | 5 | 52 | IC Davis GS Chappell R Edwards DW Hookes MHN Walker | Lost |
| 6 | Dennis Lillee | 13 February 1978 | Australia | World XI | 4 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 15* | 5 | 82 | BA Richards IVA Richards AW Greig Imran Khan J Garner | Won |
| 7 | Max Walker | 13 February 1978 | Australia | World XI | 4 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 14* | 5 | 62 | CG Greenidge Zaheer Abbas AME Roberts Asif Iqbal WW Daniel | Won |
| 8 | Dennis Lillee | 5 November 1978 | Australia | World XI | 2 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | 18 | 7 | 59 | BA Richards DL Amiss AW Greig APE Knott BD Julien JA Snow AL Padmore | Won |
| 9 | Richard Hadlee | 5 November 1978 | World XI | Australia | 3 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | 15 | 5 | 26 | IC Davis IM Chapell DW Hookes RB McCosker GJ Gilmour | Lost |
| 10 | Dennis Lillee | 6 November 1978 | Australia | World XI | 4 | Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland | 14 | 5 | 30 | DL Amiss RA Woolmer CEB Rice CL King RJ Hadlee | Won |
| 11 | Garth Le Roux | 9 December 1978 | World XI | Australia | 2 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 25.5 | 5 | 39 | BM Laird RJ Bright DW Hookes IM Chappell DK Lillee | Won |
| 12 | Ray Bright | 21 January 1979 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | SCG, Sydney | 23 | 6 | 52 | CG Greenisge IVA Richards LG Rowe JC Allen DL Murray AL Padmore | Won |
| 13 | Colin Croft | 23 January 1979 | West Indies | Australia | 2 | SCG, Sydney | 26 | 5 | 65 | KC Wessels GS Chappell IM Chappell DW Hookes RW Marsh | Lost |
| 14 | Dennis Lillee | 24 January 1979 | Australia | West Indies | 3 | SCG, Sydney | 14 | 7 | 23 | RA Austin CG Greenidge JC Allen LG Rowe IVA Richards DL Murray WW Daniel | Won |
| 15 | Garth Le Roux | 2 February 1979 | World XI | Australia | 1 | SCG, Sydney | 18.4 | 5 | 57 | BM Laird IM Chppell MF Kent RW Marsh LS Pascoe | Won |
| 16 | Dennis Lillee | 3 February 1979 | Australia | World XI | 2 | SCG, Sydney | 18.5 | 5 | 51 | EJ Barlow MJ Procter AW Greig Imran Khan DL Underwood | Lost |
| 17 | Michael Holding | 16 March 1979 | West Indies | Australia | 1 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 21 | 5 | 48 | IM Chappell GS Chappell DW Hookes TM Chappell RJ Bright | Lost |
| 18 | Jeff Thomson | 18 March 1979 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | 20 | 5 | 78 | RC Fredericks LG Rowe IVA Richards CH Lloyd MA Holding | Won |
| 19 | Dennis Lillee | 9 April 1979 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's | 33.2 | 6 | 125 | DL Haynes RC Fredericks IVA Richards CH Lloyd LG Rowe MA Holding | Won |

## International Cup five wicket hauls

| No. | Player | Date | For | Against | Inn | Venue | Overs | Wkts | Runs | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | Andy Roberts | 3 February 1978 | West Indies | World XI | 2 | RAS Showground, Sydney | 8* | 5 | 17 | DL Amiss RA Woolmer Majid Khan Asif Iqbal BA Richards | Won |
| 2 | Wayne Daniel | 5 February 1978 | West Indies | Australia | 2 | RAS Showground, Sydney | 5.7* | 5 | 29 | IC Davis RW Marsh GJ Gilmour DK Lillee LS Pascoe | Won |
| 3 | Greg Chappell | 28 November 1978 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 9.3 | 5 | 19 | LG Rowe JC Allen BD Julien DL Murray J Garner | Won |
| 4 | Len Pascoe | 18 December 1978 | Australia | World XI | 2 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 10 | 5 | 30 | Zaheer Abbas BA Richards Javed Miandad MJ Procter Asif Iqbal | Won |
| 5 | Garth Le Roux | 1 January 1979 | World XI | Australia | 1 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | 6.1 | 5 | 6 | GS Chappell IR Redpath TM Chappell MF Malone W Prior | Won |
| 6 | Max Walker | 9 January 1979 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | VFL Park, Melbourne | 10 | 5 | 23 | JC Allen IBD Julien DL Murray AME Roberts MA Holding | Won |
| 7 | Jeff Thomson | 21 February 1979 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | Sabina Park, Kingston | 7.3 | 5 | 31 | CL King DL Murray MA Holding J Garner WW Daniel | Won |
| 8 | Colin Croft | 4 April 1979 | West Indies | Australia | 1 | Windsor Park, Roseau | 9 | 5 | 21 | BM Laird MF Kent IM Chappell RJ Bright MF Malone | Won |