List of World Series Cricket international five-wicket hauls

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World Series Cricket (WSC) was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979.[1]

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

Supertest five wicket hauls

No. Player Date For Against Inn Venue Overs Wkts Runs Batsmen Result
1 Greg Chappell 1 January 1978 WSC Aus WSC WI 2 Football Park, Adelaide 12* 5 20 Won[2]
2 Max Walker 16 January 1978 WSC Aus WSC World XI 2 RAS Showground, Sydney 28.3* 7 88 Lost[3]
3 Andy Roberts 17 January 1978 WSC World XI WSC Aus 3 RAS Showground, Sydney 12* 6 69 align=left Won[3]
4 Ray Bright 28 January 1978 WSC Aus WSC World XI 1 Gloucester Park, Perth 31.3* 5 149 Lost[4]
5 Joel Garner 12 February 1978 WSC World XI WSC Aus 3 VFL Park, Melbourne 14.7* 5 52 Lost[5]
6 Dennis Lillee 13 February 1978 WSC Aus WSC World XI 4 VFL Park, Melbourne 15* 5 82 Won[5]
7 Max Walker 13 February 1978 WSC Aus WSC World XI 4 VFL Park, Melbourne 14* 5 62 Won[5]
8 Garth Le Roux 9 December 1978 WSC World XI WSC Aus 2 VFL Park, Melbourne 25.5 5 39 Won[6]
9 Ray Bright 21 January 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 1 SCG, Sydney 23 6 52 Won[7]
10 Colin Croft 23 January 1979 WSC WI WSC Aus 2 SCG, Sydney 26 5 65 Lost[7]
11 Dennis Lillee 24 January 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 3 SCG, Sydney 14 7 23 Won[7]
12 Garth Le Roux 2 February 1979 WSC World XI WSC Aus 1 SCG, Sydney 18.4 5 57 Won[8]
13 Dennis Lillee 3 February 1979 WSC Aus WSC World XI 2 SCG, Sydney 18.5 5 51 Lost[8]
14 Michael Holding 16 March 1979 WSC WI WSC Aus 1 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 21 5 48 Lost[9]
15 Jeff Thomson 18 March 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 2 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 20 5 78 Won[9]
16 Dennis Lillee 9 April 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 2 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's 33.2 6 125 Won[10]

International Cup five wicket hauls

No. Player Date For Against Inn Venue Overs Wkts Runs Batsmen Result
1 Andy Roberts 3 February 1978 WSC WI WSC World XI 2 RAS Showground, Sydney 8* 5 17 Won[11]
2 Wayne Daniel 5 February 1978 WSC WI WSC Australia XI 2 RAS Showground, Sydney 5.7* 5 29 Won[12]
3 Greg Chappell 28 November 1978 WSC Aus WSC WI 1 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 9.3 5 19 Won[13]
4 Len Pascoe 18 December 1978 WSC Aus WSC World XI 2 VFL Park, Melbourne 10 5 30 Won[14]
5 Garth Le Roux 1 January 1979 WSC World XI WSC Aus 1 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 6.1 5 6 Won[15]
6 Max Walker 9 January 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 2 VFL Park, Melbourne 10 5 23 Won[16]
7 Jeff Thomson 21 February 1979 WSC Aus WSC WI 1 Sabina Park, Kingston 7.3 5 31 Won[17]
8 Colin Croft 4 April 1979 WSC WI WSC Aus 1 Windsor Park, Roseau 9 5 21 Won[18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Walker, Max. "Cricket". Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC West Indies World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (3rd Supertest)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  3. 1 2 "WSC Australia v WSC World XI World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (4th Supertest)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC World XI World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (5th Supertest)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "WSC Australia v WSC World XI World Series Cricket Supertests 1977/78 (6th Supertest)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC World XI World Series Cricket Supertests 1978/79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 "WSC Australia v WSC West Indies World Series Cricket Supertests 1978/79 (Semi-Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  8. 1 2 "WSC Australia v WSC World XI World Series Cricket Supertests 1978/79 (Final)". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  9. 1 2 "WSC West Indies v WSC Australia WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (3rd Supertest)". CriciketArchive. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  10. ↑ "WSC West Indies v WSC Australia WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (5th Supertest)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  11. ↑ "WSC West Indies v WSC World XI World Series Cricket International Cup 1977/78 (1st Semi-Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  12. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC West Indies World Series Cricket International Cup 1977/78 (Final)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC West Indies World Series Cricket International Cup 1978/79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC World XI World Series Cricket International Cup 1978/79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  15. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC World XI World Series Cricket International Cup 1978/79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  16. ↑ "WSC Australia v WSC West Indies World Series Cricket International Cup 1978/79". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  17. ↑ "WSC West Indies v WSC Australia WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (2nd ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  18. ↑ "WSC West Indies v WSC Australia WSC Australia in West Indies 1978/79 (11th ODI)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
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