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Monday, January 23, 1978

WSC Australia v WSC World XI at Melbourne, Jan 23, 1978


World Series Cricket International Cup
WSC Australia v WSC World XI
1977/78 season

Played at VFL Park, Melbourne, on 23 January 1978 (40-over match)

Result WSC Australia won by 9 runs (revised target)

WSC Australia innings (38 overs maximum) R
captain IM Chappell b Snow 21

IC Davis c Zaheer Abbas b Greig 50

GS Chappell b Underwood 31
wicketkeeper RW Marsh c Snow b Underwood 20

MF Kent run out 14

GJ Gilmour c Richards b Underwood 14

R Edwards run out 4

KD Walters b Imran Khan 3

MHN Walker not out 17

MF Malone c Procter b Snow 8

LS Pascoe not out 0

Extras (lb 7, w 1, nb 3) 11



Total (9 wickets; 38 overs) 193 (3.80 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-44 (IM Chappell), 2-102, 3-104, 4-136, 5-155, 6-156, 7-163, 8-167, 9-186

Bowling O M R W Econ

MJ Procter 7 3 23 0 2.46

Imran Khan 8 0 32 1 3.00

Asif Iqbal 6 0 30 0 3.75

JA Snow 5 0 29 2 4.35

DL Underwood 8 0 48 3 4.50

AW Greig 4 0 20 1 3.75

WSC World XI innings (target: 147 runs from 29.1 overs) R

BA Richards c Walters b Pascoe 0

DL Amiss c IM Chappell b Malone 0

RA Woolmer c wicketkeeperMarsh b Walker 32

Zaheer Abbas c Pascoe b Walters 10

Asif Iqbal c wicketkeeperMarsh b Gilmour 59

Imran Khan c Malone b Gilmour 5
captain AW Greig b Walker 9
wicketkeeper APE Knott b Gilmour 10

MJ Procter c Edwards b Walker 6

JA Snow not out 1

DL Underwood not out 1

Extras (lb 3, nb 2) 5



Total (9 wickets; 29.1 overs) 138 (3.55 runs per 6 balls)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Richards), 2-1 (Amiss), 3-25 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-60 (Woolmer), 5-67 (Imran Khan), 6-97 (Greig), 7-130, 8-131, 9-137

Bowling O M R W Econ

LS Pascoe 5 2 10 1 1.50

MF Malone 8 2 19 1 1.78

KD Walters 3 0 13 1 3.25

MHN Walker 7 0 50 3 5.35

GJ Gilmour 6.1 0 41 3 5.02

Balls per over 8

Toss WSC World XI, who chose to field first
Points WSC Australia 2, WSC World XI 0

Umpires Unknown

Match notes

  • Revised Target set by using Countback to score at equivalent point of team 1

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