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Wednesday, November 29, 1978

WSC Australia v WSC World XI at Sydney, Nov 29, 1978


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

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 29 November 1978 (50-over match)

Result WSC Australia won on faster scoring rate (revised target)

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

GS Chappell lbw b Underwood 43





KC Wessels c wicketkeeperKnott b Procter 20




captain IM Chappell c Asif Iqbal b Underwood 66 83 63 9 0 104.76

IC Davis b Underwood 30 52




DW Hookes b Procter 23





TM Chappell run out 14




wicketkeeper RW Marsh not out 15





GJ Gilmour not out 1





Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 3) 11











Total (6 wickets; 50 overs; 214 mins) 223 (4.46 runs per over)

Did not bat DK Lillee, MHN Walker, MF Malone

Fall of wickets1-48 (Wessels), 2-92 (GS Chappell), 3-161 (IM Chappell), 4-164 (Davis), 5-203, 6-207

Bowling O M R W Econ

Sarfraz Nawaz 10 1 49 0 4.90

Imran Khan 9 0 38 0 4.22

MJ Procter 10 1 45 2 4.50

AW Greig 5 1 16 0 3.20

DL Underwood 10 1 40 3 4.00

CEB Rice 6 0 24 0 4.00

WSC World XI innings (target: 224 runs from 50 overs) R

Majid Khan c wicketkeeperMarsh b Malone 7

BA Richards c GS Chappell b Malone 6

Zaheer Abbas c Wessels b GS Chappell 32

CEB Rice c wicketkeeperMarsh b Lillee 25

Asif Iqbal not out 17
captain AW Greig not out 3

Extras (lb 9) 9



Total (4 wickets; 30.3 overs; 116 mins) 99 (3.24 runs per over)

Did not bat Imran Khan, wicketkeeperAPE Knott, MJ Procter, Sarfraz Nawaz, DL Underwood

Fall of wickets1-7 (Majid Khan), 2-38 (Richards), 3-59 (Zaheer Abbas), 4-91 (Rice)

Bowling O M R W Econ

DK Lillee 7 0 27 1 3.85

MF Malone 7 3 11 2 1.57

GJ Gilmour 8 2 15 0 1.87

GS Chappell 5.3 1 24 1 4.36

MHN Walker 3 0 13 0 4.33

Toss Unknown
Points WSC Australia 2, WSC World XI 0

Player of the match IM Chappell (WSC Australia)

Umpires Unknown

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