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Sunday, December 31, 1978

WSC Australia v WSC West Indies at Brisbane, Dec 31, 1978


World Series Cricket International Cup
WSC Australia v WSC West Indies
1978/79 season

Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 31 December 1978 (50-over match)

Result WSC Australia won by 39 runs

WSC Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR

BM Laird c Allen b Croft 25





KC Wessels run out 3





GS Chappell c Richards b Daniel 18





IC Davis c wicketkeeperMurray b Daniel 3





DW Hookes run out 11




captain IM Chappell c Croft b King 52 61 8 0 85.24
wicketkeeper RW Marsh c Richards b Croft 0





GJ Gilmour c wicketkeeperMurray b King 36





MF Malone c Allen b King 3





DK Lillee run out 3





LS Pascoe not out 0





Extras (lb 9, nb 2) 11











Total (all out; 48.3 overs; 204 mins) 165 (3.40 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (Wessels), 2-38 (GS Chappell), 3-46 (Davis), 4-51 (Laird), 5-81 (Hookes), 6-81 (Marsh), 7-156 (Gilmour), 8-158 (IM Chappell), 9-162 (Malone), 10-165 (Lillee)

Bowling O M R W Econ

AME Roberts 9.3 2 29 0 3.05

BD Julien 10 2 22 0 2.20

WW Daniel 10 4 22 2 2.20

CL King 9 0 42 3 4.66

CEH Croft 10 2 39 2 3.90

WSC West Indies innings (target: 166 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR

CG Greenidge c Lillee b Malone 7





DL Haynes c Wessels b Lillee 1





JC Allen c GS Chappell b Pascoe 24





IVA Richards c wicketkeeperMarsh b Lillee 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
captain CH Lloyd c Malone b GS Chappell 64





CL King c GS Chappell b Pascoe 3





BD Julien b GS Chappell 7




wicketkeeper DL Murray c wicketkeeperMarsh b Lillee 1





AME Roberts run out (Pascoe/wicketkeeperMarsh) 7





WW Daniel not out 3





CEH Croft run out (Gilmour/wicketkeeperMarsh) 0





Extras (lb 3, nb 6) 9











Total (all out; 37.3 overs; 163 mins) 126 (3.36 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-9 (Greenidge), 2-10 (Haynes), 3-10 (Richards), 4-59 (Allen), 5-69 (King), 6-80 (Julien), 7-86 (Murray), 8-115 (Roberts), 9-126 (Lloyd), 10-126 (Croft)

Bowling O M R W Econ

DK Lillee 8 1 15 3 1.87

MF Malone 7 2 20 1 2.85

LS Pascoe 7 0 19 2 2.71

GJ Gilmour 8 0 48 0 6.00

GS Chappell 7.3 1 15 2 2.00

Toss WSC West Indies, who chose to field first
Points WSC Australia 2, WSC West Indies 0

Player of the match CH Lloyd (WSC West Indies)

Umpires PR Enright and C Hoy

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